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Making work decent

We need to put decent work at the center of actions to bring back economic growth and build a new global economy that puts people first. We all need to think about the importance of good work…

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Urban EbA

This video is the third of three sector-specific insight units. In this video, participants learn about the importance of EbA in urban areas and how to implement locally appropriate and just urban…

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Key takeaways: What is Ecosystem-based Adaptation?

This video highlights the main takeaways about What is Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA)? This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Conversation with Corey Robin: The Reactionary Mind

During this session, the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs discussed The Reactionary Mind: From Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump by Corey Robin.In the book, Robin traces conservatism back to…

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Conversation with Rick Perlstein, Reaganland

In this session of the Book Club, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Rick Perlstein discuss his book Reaganland, the "Southernization" of American politics, the causes behind U.S.…

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Interview with Verónica Ruiz, Nature-based Solutions Programme Officer, IUCN

This video is the third video of unit 2.1 of the course Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, and Xinyue Gu. What are…

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Overview of the Status of Women and Policies toward Women in Korea

Korean women’s experience in the developmental period and a couple of good policies for the advancement of women’s rights. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Win-win policies

This chapter provides ideas for designing a structural or industrial policy for Africa, and how these policies work for both traditional manufacturing as well as industries without smokestacks. …

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How to provide jobs & transform livelihoods?

This mini-documentary explores the jobs crisis facing Africa, how manufacturing has played a leading role in industrialization in East Asia, providing meaningful work and transforming lives, why…

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Local Employment

Local employment is key to local content. Citizens who live close to operations are often sold a story of high-paying jobs by politicians and others, although this might not be the full story, and…

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Environmental Challenges and Trends: Oil and Gas

In this chapter, Daniel Franks outlines some of the key environmental trends associated with the extractive industries and looks at what the policy options are available to address and manage these…

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