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The  Senior Staff Association of Public Universities in Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff (FUSSAG) have justified their decision to embark on an indefinite strike action.

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Wealth inequality has become a highly divisive issue.

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to cut its rates earlier than expected due to the slowdown in inflation, according to two international financial institutions. In economic briefs released on Wednesday, ANZ Research said the BSP could cut rates by the last quarter of the year; while HSBC…

Chinese demographers on Tuesday proposed reshaping fertility support policies to support childbearing women to give birth and promote high-quality population development in response to the established reality of long-term negative population growth in the country.

THE additional policy rate hikes last year will continue to haunt the economy this year, according to the government’s think tank, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). In a discussion paper, PIDS researchers led by Senior Research Fellow Margarita Debuque-Gonzales said the additional hikes could impact the performance of…

POLICY uncertainties tied to measures to bring down prices, pension reforms, and the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) need to be addressed by the government to limit risks to economic growth, a state-owned think tank said.

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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) reveals how families are having to spend more on basic necessities such as education and healthcare

Sohela Nazneen is a senior fellow with the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. When Bangladeshis went to the…