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Africa
International Political Forum

China: The MDG’s Are About More Than Economic Empowerment

The first target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was met in 2010, as the global poverty rate of $1.25 a day fell in 2010 to less than half the 1990 rate. This was achieved largely as a result of the huge leaps made b...
by Joe Corry-Roake
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Economy

Population Control: An economic approach

How population control influences economic growth  Economic growth is often heralded as the guarantee of future prosperity for a countries inhabitants and the leading measure of a modern civilisations progression, but is it po...
by Jashan Miller
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Economy

WATCH: Putting Water Back in Public Hands

Defenders of privatisation argue that by opening a market to multiple suppliers who then compete to attract customers, you can reduce prices and improve product quality. But as any business student knows, markets don’t always...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Africa
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China-Africa Relations: From Asymmetrical Dependence to Symmetrical Interdependence

Notwithstanding the increase of trade between China and the African Union countries in the last decade, and the large number of Chinese investments in Africa, these relations are mostly to the advantage of the Chinese and thei...
by Ahmed Alqarout
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Economy
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Millennials Are Poised To Remake American Politics: The Most Optimistic Generation

Millennials are breaking the trend of bipartisanship in the US, and it seems they will dramatically change the landscape of American politics. Recent reports from both Pew and Third Way have shown that more Millennials are ...
by John Haltiwanger
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Africa

How violence in Libya impacts the oil industry

Politics, power, and oil are tightly intertwined in Libya. To control oil is to hold power, thereby making Libya’s oil infrastructure a hotbed of conflict and violence. Libya’s complicated political landscape is d...
by David Bresnahan-McRae
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Canada

Legislating Common Sense: Canada’s Lesson on Managing Growth

Just this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney announced plans that make it harder for Canadians to own a home. The average Canadian might not like the g...
by Donovon Kellyman
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Economy

Venezuela: When Gas Prices are Just Too Cheap

When you live in a overwhelming political reality like Venezuela’s, it is very easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. We are so immersed in our reality, our motives, and our arguments (for one side or the other), that ...
by Claudia Gonzalez
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Economy
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Iran Deal: Will Israel and Republican America force the US to back out?

The Agreed Framework between the United States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was signed on October 21, 1994 between North Korea (DPRK) and the US. Similarly to the recent nuclear deal with Iran, it ...
by Jaike Belgrave
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