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Brazil
In Sao Paulo, it could take 120 years to find a home
Sao Paulo faces a housing crisis - one which at current rates of progress could take more than a century to solve.
Africa
These are the hurdles to the free movement of African people
The African Union has adopted a protocol on the free movement of people.
China
This Chinese village has embraced collectivization
Dai, in Lanling County, decided to reinstate aspects of a collective society.
Financial and Monetary Systems
A universal basic income experiment could be coming to Chicago
The US city of Chicago is considering a UBI experiment for 1,000 families.
Public Finance and Social Protection Systems
Global debt could put the world's ambitious plans for 2030 at risk
The financing needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is at risk because of mounting public debt, according to the IMF.
Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development
Sovereign wealth funds are working to become more climate-friendly
Six of the world's largest funds gathered in Paris last week to discuss how their investment frameworks could become more pro-environment.
Inclusive Growth Framework
How to deal with failed banks
A new resolution framework could ensure moral and financial protection.
United States
This is the relationship between race and economic opportunity in the US
Racial inequality spreads further than just social mobility.
Global Governance
In Finland, speeding tickets are linked to your income
In Finland, penalties for traffic violations are pegged to taxable income, resulting in some headline-grabbing fines. It’s a model that has also been adopted in other European countries.
Ageing
This is how ageing populations are affecting pensions
New research shows that implementing employment programs in older generations is the only way to protect global pensions.
Supply Chain and Transport
Estonia is making public transport free
Estonia’s capital Tallinn is an interesting case study on free public transport.
Japan
What can the world learn about Japan's social care system?
With a rapidly ageing population, Japan has made looking after its elderly a priority.
Workforce and Employment
Don't believe in a universal basic income? This is why it would work, and how we can pay for it
From Scotland to India, policymakers all over the world have become interested in basic income as an answer to extreme inequality.
Public Finance and Social Protection Systems
Have Europe's welfare states abandoned the young to pay the old?
New research shows that while society spends more time and money on younger generations than old people, the state does the opposite.
India
This Indian state is giving slum-dwellers the right to their own land
Officials of Eastern Odisha claim the scheme will benefit a million people.