Special Issue
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Budget Rani aims to design a programme that can meet the different needs of women by navigating government policy, gender norms, literacy and access to technology.
The occurrence of a womxns menstrual cycle should not be at the cost of their inclusion in a market-based system. This calls for a gendered exploration and an expanded conceptual understanding of the macro-economic indicator of labour productivity.
There are early signs that the pandemic might have accelerated an already changing paradigm: infrastructure spending will be a central pillar in governmental efforts around the world to support a new economic cycle. This creates a unique opportunity for private finance to build green and social infrastructure that can support...
In parallel with the implementation of the recovery plans, national governments and international institutions should improve their actions to support subnational governments in increasing financing and management capacity.
To effectively allocate resources and avoid duplicates or overlapping initiatives, the US and China should consider the real needs of the developing world rather than simply fall into the new Cold War divide.
Designing basic infrastructure for collective use irrespective of capacity to produce them will have to be placed at the centre of planning.
This changing global context requires measures to align current infrastructure project plans with long-term development objectives. Measures related to financing, social and environmental impacts, international governance and partnership.
In Latin America and Africa, the pandemic crisis has worsened pre-existing vulnerabilities, while also creating new forms of social inequalities.
This special issue presents a range of cases studies from Latin America and Africa, in sectors as diverse as domestic and care workers, waste pickers, migrants and refugees.
