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IFC: Why Corporate Governance Is Crucial to Myanmar’s Growing Private Sector

Emerging from decades of isolation, Myanmar is undergoing major reforms to become a more market-driven economy. Many are hoping for a meteoric rise of...
UN SDG8 Decent work and economic growth

SDG8: From Luddites to the Mumbai exodus: workers labouring without love

JASON AGNEW reports on SDG8 — decent work and economic growth — in his ongoing series for BV SDG8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH On March...
UN SD3 Good Health

SDG3: Bold efforts to eradicate epidemics and all preventable diseases

Preventing maternal mortality and infant deaths: this UN goal guns for some crucial advances. JASON AGNEW reports. SDG3: GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BEYOND the broad sweep...

Sir Richard Jolly: Development with a Human Face

In May 2012, a distinguished group of international economists and social scientists published Be Outraged: There Are Alternatives, an impassioned critique of austerity economics....
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Slip into something ethical, like plastic-free workwear

ECO-FRIENDLY uniforms are the next step in the bid to cut plastic use. The plastics issue is high on the global agenda. The UK introduced...
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The route to profitability — in times of pandemic

ASHLEIGH HINDE, CEO and founder of contact lens company Waldo, on the difficulty of balancing the people, payments and profits equation during tough times WITH...
UN SDG4 Quality Education

SDG4: Gender imbalance and poverty traps on the road towards equal...

BV’s JASON AGNEW continues his series on the United Nations’ Social Development Goals. In this issue, he dissects and discusses SDG4. SDG4: QUALITY EDUCATION NELSON Mandela...
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Awards, inclusive policies, ESG and philanthropy attract talent: Report

MONEY isn’t always the biggest lure when people search for their dream jobs, research shows. Nearly half of adults canvassed — 46 percent — say...
UN SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production

SDG12: We’re responsible for the mess; are we responsible about consumption?

BV’s JASON AGNEW takes a closer look at UN SDG12: Responsible consumption and production SDG12: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION WITH the current global population standing at...