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They say the spread of mobile phones and internet access enables small loans to reach Africa's rural poor more efficiently than ever before. But while international microfinancier Finca is aware of these opportunities, it knows from painful experience in Uganda that new technology opens up new vulnerabilities too. Get price

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Unions and the Labour Party have warned that Boris Johnson's reworked Brexit deal would threaten workers' rights and protections in the future. While the prime minister has insisted the UK will "maintain the highest possible standards in social protections and the environment", he has removed the commitment from the legally-binding Brexit deal he says he will push through by 31 October. Get price

The Energy Bulletin Weekly – 1 June 2020

2020/6/1In March, Iraq's state-run Basrah Oil Co. asked IOCs to cut budgets by 30 percent and postpone payments to subcontractors due to the oil price crash. Oil prices received by federal Iraq were down to about $14 per barrel in April, from $60 per barrel in January, slashing oil revenue to $1.4 billion from $6.16 billion, which accounts for more than 90 percent of Iraq's federal budget. Get price

Neo

2016/11/11. Introduction Neo-extractivism is a concept frequently applied in critiques of Latin American governments associated with the "pink tide", the wave of left-wing governments that have spanned across Latin America since the beginning of the 21 st century. 1 While in the 1990s most Latin American governments were enacting the economic program of the right and left parties were barely Get price

HORN OF AFRICA: The Monthly Review, 3

HORN OF AFRICA The Monthly Review This update covers the period March- 8 April 1998 REGIONAL ISSUES Addis Forum: On March 8, a two-day international forum for dialogue on trade and investment in Africa was held at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. Get price

Global crisis in India

In April - July 2008 India imported oil worth 40 billion US Dollars, compared to India's total exports in the whole year 2007/08 of 72 billion US Dollars. In most industrial areas oil-fuelled energy-generators have to back-up the public grid. The Indian state sets the Get price

Neo

2016/11/11. Introduction Neo-extractivism is a concept frequently applied in critiques of Latin American governments associated with the "pink tide", the wave of left-wing governments that have spanned across Latin America since the beginning of the 21 st century. 1 While in the 1990s most Latin American governments were enacting the economic program of the right and left parties were barely Get price

Peak Oil Review

2014/1/13The Nigerian government will not privatize its four ailing oil refineries prompting the country's two powerful oil workers' unions to declare that they have now dropped plans to start a nationwide strike. (1/8) Ivory Coast's Prime Minister said his nation will boost oil Get price

Taipei Times

A: They are descriptions of someone's personality that are so vague and general, he or she believes they're specifically tailored to him- or herself. It's a trick that has been used by fortune tellers, astrologers and con-artists over the centuries to convince people they possess paranormal powers. Get price

REDD in the news: 6

REDD-Monitor's round-up of the week's news on forests, the climate crisis, REDD, and natural climate solutions - 6-12 April 2020. "If you are an NGO, then you have a responsibility to work with, rather against, well-intentioned members of the private sector if you are Get price

National Bureau of Economic Research

They attribute the dash for cash to a concern among managers that their firm's credit rating would be downgraded on account of pandemic-related business disruption, and that it would become more expensive or even impossible to raise cash after that. Get price

Oil price elasticities and oil price fluctuations

2019/5/1Oil production q t is assumed to respond contemporaneously only to changes in oil prices. The parameter η S denotes the short-run price elasticity of supply. The supply shock u S, t captures disturbances to oil supply due to, for instance, geopolitical eventsEq. Get price

Peru's Miners Start National Strike to Combat Labor

2017/7/19Peru's labor ministry has rejected the unions' request to authorize the strike, but workers can continue with the stoppage for several days under an appeals process. Juarez said the number of unions joining the strike will increase for the rest of the day and it would likely curb copper production at some of the country's largest mines. Get price

South Sudan

The January 2012 shutdown of oil production has resulted in a foreign currency shortfall, and South Sudan's lack of any significant non-oil exports limits the inflow of hard currency. The Central Bank closely regulates which companies and traders are allocated U.S. dollars, making it hard for foreign investors to repatriate their locally generated income. Get price

A tale of two countries

As of the start of the second quarter, recyclers say they see only modest improvements in demand from overseas. "In spot cases we have seen inquiries from overseas buyers to suppliers who face high transportation costs to get to domestic homes and who have access to export shipping outlets," the Florida recycler says. Get price

Labor unions in the United States

Labor unions in the United States are organizations that represent workers in many industries recognized under US labor law since the 1935 enactment of the National Labor Relations Act.Their activity today centers on collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions for their membership, and on representing their members in disputes with management over violations of Get price

World Proved Oil Reserves, Fact or Fiction Peak Oil Barrel

U.S. energy firms are swiftly shifting drilling rigs away from less productive areas and hunkering down in sweet spots of North Dakota and Texas shale oil fields as they try to lift output and cut costs in response to the toughest crude market in years. Get price

Central government unions News and Updates from The

2020/6/6Central government unions News and Updates from The Economictimes Unions seek job assurance, free rail tickets for migrant workers 08 May, 2020, 02:40PM IST They have sought cash incentives and free rail tickets for workers, along with cash benefit of Rs Get price

European Trade Unions Join Fight against Glyphosate

2016/5/23Trade unions across Europe have joined the Great Glyphosate Rebellion by urging the European Union to take precautionary action on the use of glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide. Glyphosate is the main active ingredient of the well-known product RoundUp, manufactured by the US agrochemical and biotechnology giant Monsanto. Get price

Next election fought on the economy, not identity politics

2020/4/30What they need to do for the environment – tax on coal starting at 10% now rising to in 5 years – no-registration tax as an incentives for electric vehicles – increase tax on imported vehicles with low fuel economy (start at 5%, raise 5% per year until it hits 50%) Get price

Central government unions News and Updates from The

2020/6/6Central government unions News and Updates from The Economictimes Unions seek job assurance, free rail tickets for migrant workers 08 May, 2020, 02:40PM IST They have sought cash incentives and free rail tickets for workers, along with cash benefit of Rs Get price

European Trade Unions Join Fight against Glyphosate

2016/5/23Trade unions across Europe have joined the Great Glyphosate Rebellion by urging the European Union to take precautionary action on the use of glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide. Glyphosate is the main active ingredient of the well-known product RoundUp, manufactured by the US agrochemical and biotechnology giant Monsanto. Get price