By Bill Below. Think back to a time when your purse or wallet was stolen, or your laptop with all your files in it lifted from your bag, or any other possession taken from you. What did you feel? Probably outrage, anger and even despair, perhaps with a surprising sense of helplessness. When corruption occurs, intense emotions rarely, if ever, result (unless you count the joys of mounds of illicitly acquired cash or the agony of incarceration). More...
By George W. Leeson. In Europe, population ageing continues and brings with it increasing numbers of centenarians and supercentenarians as well as a new demography of death. In the mid-19th century, European populations were young and short-lived with high levels of infant mortality. More than half of the almost 370,000 deaths in England and Wales in 1850 would have occurred among people aged less than 60 years. By the early 21st century, these same populations have become old and long-lived, and almost 90 per cent of the deaths in England and Wales now occur among people aged over 60 years. More...
By Erik Solheim. Poverty has been halved in less than 25 years worldwide. The enormous progress over the past few decades is mainly due to rapid economic growth in the South. China’s economy grew by 10% for decades and 600 million people were consequently brought out of poverty. More...
By OECD Statistics Directorate. To address this, the OECD is working with the United Nations and the World Bank through the Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) Initiative to build national capacity to produce and disseminate gender statistics and create standards for data collection. We are also contributing to improving access to gender statistics through our Gender Data Portal, which gathers information on various topics of relevance to the post-2015 development agenda, including education, employment, entrepreneurship, unpaid work. More...
By Anna Biernat. India has recently grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons. British film-maker Leslee Udwin interviewed one of the rapists from the Delhi gang rape that shook the country in 2012 for a documentary. The rapist, Mukesh Singh, who is facing the death penalty along with three others, expressed no remorse in the interview and blamed the victim for being out at night and fighting back. More...
La doctorante Fleur Kaluvangimoko a remporté la finale régionale « Ma thèse en 180 secondes » hier à Metz. Entre théâtre et science, ce concours de vulgarisation scientifique fait de plus en plus d’émules. Voir l'article...
Les universités haïtiennes et françaises ont convenu le 23 mars de renforcer leur coopération à travers la signature d’un accord-cadre de partenariat, à la résidence de France à Bourdon (secteur est).
Par . La numéro 2 de l'UMP affirme que le port de signes religieux ostentatoires est banni des instituts universitaires de technologie.
Par Céline Bruet. C’est un peu le Graal des diplômes universitaires. Et il en faut, de la motivation - et huit années d’études après le baccalauréat - pour l’obtenir ! Vendredi, 147 étudiants ayant effectué leur soutenance en 2014 recevront le précieux sésame : le doctorat. Une cérémonie avec toges et toques, comme dans les séries américaines, qui vient couronner trois années de recherche./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
