By Odongo Kodongo, Associate professor, Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
Kenya wants to keep the shilling’s value artificially high, but it will soon realise that foreign currency reserves, used for intervention, are not limitless
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By Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Research Fellow, Center for Cultural and African Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Every few weeks global fast fashion brands mass produce their latest clothing, pumping out garments to be sold around the world. There is growing criticism that it’s socially irresponsible to produce such large volumes of clothes so often. It leads to surplus and waste that takes…
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By Abdul Latif Alhassan, Professor of Development Finance & Insurance, University of Cape Town
Bomikazi Zeka, Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra
Development finance is the invisible glue that connects public and private financing for projects that have social, economic and environmental outcomes. These include improved infrastructure, better waste management and sanitation, financial inclusion, clean energy and sustainable agriculture.
The goal of development finance is to create positive social, economic or environmental outcomes through investments made by financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and pension funds in addition to contributions made by development finance institutions, multilateral…
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By Wacango Muguro Kimani, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
Globally, more than 258 million children and young people between the ages of 6 and 17 are not in school. In South Africa, the figure stands at 232,000 for children aged between 7 and 17. The main reasons they’re not attending school are related to the quality of education, financial constraints, disability and child or teenage pregnancy.
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By Kanav Narayan Sahgal
By striking down the electoral bonds scheme as unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of India promoted principles of political equality, election transparency, and voter rights, despite fierce opposition from the BJP.
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By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Sydney has seen two stabbing incidents within days of each other. Grim comparisons are inevitable, but what makes them different?
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By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
Tomer Berkowitz, PhD Candidate, Deakin University
In the space of three days, there have been two devastating knife attacks. Your child may have seen these on the news or social media. Or they might be hearing about it from friends.
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By Pablo Pereira-Doel, Water Literacy and Sustainable Water Behaviour area lead at the Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
Xavier Font, Professor of Sustainability Marketing, University of Surrey
As droughts become more widespread in tourist hotspots, research finds that timers in showers help tourists and university students shorten their showers and save water.
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By Chris Greenough, Reader in Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
Rihanna’s cover for the Spring 2024 edition has come under fire for being sacrilegious and distasteful – but it’s devilishly divine at exposing the misogyny and hypocrisy of organised religion
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By Adam James Loch, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
David Adamson, Associate professor, Royal Agricultural University
Mark Giancaspro, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide
Michael Croft, Legal Researcher, University of Adelaide
Inconsistent laws and penalties for water theft in the Murray-Darling Basin make compliance and enforcement especially challenging. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
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