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Tribune. La pandémie du Covid-19 a créé une situation inédite. Le monde moderne et puissant est soudainement grippé, s’accrochant à l’espoir qu’un vaccin sera découvert dans les prochains mois. Viendra ensuite le temps des leçons. Il y a eu le jour d’avant. Il y aura le jour d’après. Passé le traumatisme, pourra-t-on revenir au « business as usual » ? Nul doute que de nombreuses leçons vont…

Each year, millions of youths enter the job market in Africa, contributing to a rapidly growing employment gap across the continent. The growth of digital platforms and the explosion of the gig economy could help bridge this gap and provide formal employment to millions of low-income individuals. Around 60% of Africa’s unemployed are aged under 25, and a large proportion of them are…

GENEVA (ILO News) – In many countries, income inequality has risen steeply since the 1980s, with adverse social and economic consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic now cruelly highlights those inequalities – from catching the virus, to staying alive, to coping with its dramatic economic consequences. Some groups, such as migrant workers and workers in the informal economy, are…

A handful of countries are hoarding food items to ensure supplies for their population as the virus crisis deepens. The export curbs could prove especially harmful for poorer nations that survive on imports. Business Will coronavirus spark a wave of food nationalism? A handful of countries are hoarding food items to ensure supplies for their population as the virus…

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates talks with “CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason about why we need “strong isolation measures on a countrywide basis” to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, how it could be “years” before the U.S. economy gets back to where it was before and why he thinks “for the next one, we will be far more ready than we were for this one.

02/04/2020 - The risk for violent clashes increases after weather extremes such as droughts or floods hit people in vulnerable countries, an international team of scientists finds. Vulnerable countries are characterized by a large population, political exclusion of particular ethnic groups, and low development. The study combines global statistical analysis, observation data and regional case…