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6 Jul 2020: Young women were particularly well represented among new arrivals to the city, and they were often placed in positions of domestic and economic dependence on mostly male employers. ... So infection rates represent a serious gap in our historical knowledge

24 Jul 2020: This could reduce their earning potential by 3% a year and consequently lower the overall economic growth rate. ... Simon Burgess, Professor of Economics, University of Bristol, said: “We know how damaging it is for children to miss out on school.

28 Sep 2020: However, the periods characterised by more prolific volcanism often coincided with times of conflict and economic decline. ... So many factors come into play – politics, economics, culture. But a big eruption that leads to widespread declines in grain

29 Jan 2020: Dr Roberto Foa. The research team found that shifts in democratic satisfaction often responded to “objective circumstances and events” such as economic shocks or corruption scandals. ... If confidence in democracy has been slipping, it is because

20 Oct 2020: Economic empowerment is the overriding theme of everything I work on, whether it’s in Britain or in Africa. ... I wrote about the historical, political and economic factors that had prevented the slum from improving and how we could bypass these to

15 Oct 2020: An article in The Economist, published at the end of March, gave further (pre-COVID) grounds for optimism about the continent's economic trajectory pointing, amongst other things, to "the emergence ... As all countries face the daunting task of

20 Oct 2020: Researchers argue that, in developed democracies, the biggest contributor to this trend is “economic exclusion” caused by high youth unemployment and wealth inequality: the strongest predictors of the satisfaction age gap.

15 Dec 2020: Combined with fertility demands for same-sex couples, it’s a market set to increase – and one likely to stay strong in economic downturns. ... At the same time, there is a closing down of reproduction opportunities for poorer migrant populations,

16 Jan 2020: Thailand uses a staggering amount of single-use plastics every day, but its waste management system lags far behind its economic advances,” she explains.

27 Oct 2020: My interest in humanitarian issues comes from my mother. She worked on initiatives like community immunisation, prevention of malaria and economic empowerment for women. ... pursuit of economic development.