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Kirsten Newitt

Jobs, Justice and Equity: Africa Progress Report 2012 - 1 views

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    New report published by the Africa Progress Panel
Kirsten Newitt

New World Bank / ILO inventory of policy responses to the crisis - 0 views

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    Database of responses with accompanying synthesis report.
Kirsten Newitt

Jayati Ghosh on aid to India - 0 views

  • Jayati Ghosh says aid from Britain benefits the UK more than it does India, and makes a negligible difference to relieving poverty. She discusses India's rapid growth and its social and economic inequality, and calls for an economic strategy that focuses on secure employment
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    Short video interview (3m) with Jayati Ghosh
Kirsten Newitt

China 2030: new World Bank research report on China - 0 views

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    Major new research report that provides an assessment of the Chinese economy and recommendations for its medium term development strategy.
Kirsten Newitt

Egypt's new labour movement comes of age - 0 views

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    Ben Moxham blog on the current state of trade unions in Egypt.
Kirsten Newitt

The development of collective bargaining in China - two case studies - 0 views

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    Article from China Labour Bulletin. Looks at labour disputes and related worker-management dialogue in two factories: Citizen Watch factory in Shenzhen and a Tesco supplier in Jinhua. Aims to give an insight into how labour disputes are being resolved in China and how collective bargaining processes are beginning to develop.
Kirsten Newitt

China's factory activity shrinks further - 0 views

  • China's factory activity shrank again in December as demand at home and abroad slackened, a purchasing managers' survey showed on Friday.
  • "While the pace of slowdown is stabilising somewhat, weakening external demand is starting to bite," said Qu Hongbin, China economist at HSBC.
  • China's once turbo-charged economy is on track to slow for a fourth successive quarter, easing further from the first quarter's 9.7% annual growth rate with economists expecting the final three months of the year to have slipped below 9.5%.
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  • Economists typically view growth of 7% to 8% as the bare minimum needed to generate enough jobs to help China absorb the urban influx of rural migrants and maintain social harmony.
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