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Low wages and job insecurity as a destructive global standard
Evert-jan Quak, Annemarie van de Vijsel | November 26, 2024It is a political choice to allow the spread of insecure employment conditions, for example by deregulating the relationship between employers and employees. It is also a political choice to reverse this trend, but one that requires a broader unde...
read moreWorkers' organizations and SME-growth: A misrecognised link
Zjos Vlaminck | 06 October 2024While the roles of trade unions and informal workers’ organizations are little understood, these networks can play a significant role in stimulating SME growth on a micro, meso and macro level.
read moreThe pervasive and unfair costs of trade on workers
Íñigo Verduzco Gallo | 29 September 2024International trade can contribute to the creation of more and better jobs but not always, not for everyone, and not everywhere. Thirty years after the beginning of a global push for liberalization we are finally starting to understand the real co...
read moreTrade openness still matters
Noel Gaston | 29 September 2024While the long-term benefits of freer trade for the domestic labour market seem indisputable, it is politically contestable over the short- and medium-run.
read moreThe Post-2015 Agenda - Putting the spotlight on the Global Economy
Clara Brandi, Matthias Schoeneberger, Kathrin Berensmann | September 23, 2024Negotiations on the goals that are to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after 2015 are entering a critical phase. On 24 September 2024 the proposals of the Open Working Group (OWG) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be pre...
read moreTTIP: don’t mention the job losses
John Hilary | 22 September 2024The TTIP will lead to at least a million job losses and threaten labour standards in US and EU.
read moreJob gains from TTIP would be minimal
Dean Baker | 22 September 2024The impact of the TTIP on employment in Europe and the US would be minimal, or even negative.
read moreTTIP should help, not hinder, workers
James Hoffa | 22 September 2024US citizens have found themselves on the short end of the stick too many times to believe that the TTIP will create more jobs.
read moreThe opposing forces of TTIP
Patrick Messerlin | 22 September 2024The bilateral setting of the TTIP makes its outcome subject to two specific opposing forces.
read moreTTIP also affects developing countries
Owen Tudor | 22 September 2024The implications of TTIP for employment are uncertain for the EU and US, but also for developing countries.
read moreEPAs: can we expect more job creation?
Isabelle Ramdoo | 22 September 2024EPAs can be a good launchpad to foster more productive employment in Africa, but should not be an end in itself.
read moreInternational trade as a promoter of employment
David Cheong | 12 August 2025International trade is a force of structural change and productive transformation and can therefore promote employment.
read moreThe diffusion of Africa’s ‘productivity islands’
Alan Gelb , Christian J. Meyer , Vijaya Ramachandran | 11 August 2025Although Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly attractive to investors, structural transformation and formal job growth remain slow. Industrial surveys in many countries show that some highly productive firms co-exist with many low-productivity busin...
read moreIt’s about capabilities, not products
Annemarie van de Vijsel | 23 June 2025In the opening lecture of the 14th General Conference of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Professor of International Development at the UK’s Open University Raphael Kaplinsky addressed the challenges...
read moreStrengthen labour market policies along flexicurity principles
Teodora Tchipeva | 01 July 2025The adverse effects of increased economic integration on job quality can be mitigated by flexicurity policies.
read moreThe challenge of employment generation under globalization
Benjamin Selwyn | 26 March 2025The activities of labouring classes show that establishing a system that puts their interests before corporate profits is possible.
read moreRevaluing labour
Evert-jan Quak | February 26, 2025The belief that economic growth– together with low inflation rates, technological innovations and good education–is enough to create all the jobs a country needs, is in decline. The reality now is that technology is improving so fast that better e...
read moreCreating a global labour market
Niels Beerepoot | February 24, 2025Who benefits or loses from globalization is no longer based on the sector in which one works or the skill group one belongs to. Ongoing technological innovations have enabled greater global competition for a number of jobs. The key challenge for i...
read moreEducation for equality
Dawood Mamoon , Syed Mansoob Murshed | 27 November 2024Developing countries should go for regional trading agreements until they raise the overall skill levels of their populations.
read moreA free trade agreement… for whom?
Pearl Heinemans | 26 November 2024The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a new free trade agreement, could have adverse effects for public health and development in developing countries.
read moreFighting over Congo’s mineral wealth
Ken Matthysen | 04 November 2024Minerals play an important role in the Congolese conflict. But it is certainly not only about greed.
read moreWhat the EU could contribute, with a little more EU-phoria
Mark Furness | 10 September 2024In spite of the ongoing euro crisis, which does not leave much space for an ambitious global agenda, the EU remains a major global development actor.
read moreThe Rise of the BRICS in Africa
Pádraig Carmody | 29 August 2025The rise of BRICS is changing Africa and has helped its rapid growth, but does not challenge the structure of political economy with political authoritarianism.
read moreA renewed global partnership for Africa
Carlos Lopes | 12 August 2025A new global partnership can provide the impetus for tackling the development challenges that Africa is facing. It must therefore be mutually beneficial, promote the autonomy of its states and address its developmental priorities.
read moreA renewed global partnership for Africa
Carlos Lopes | 12 August 2025A new global partnership can provide the impetus for tackling the development challenges that Africa is facing. It must therefore be mutually beneficial, promote the autonomy of its states and address its developmental priorities.
read moreComplementary currency: barter 2.0 or crisis escape?
Annemarie van de Vijsel | 27 June 2025Complementary currencies can increase local economic inclusion. Is this the way forward?
read moreGlobal action beyond aid
Saskia Hollander, Evert-jan Quak | June 19, 2025The Broker, together with the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organized the Dutch launch of the 2013 European Report on Development (ERD), Post-2015: Global Action for an Inclus...
read moreAn inclusive future demands political courage
Evert-jan Quak | 19 June 2025To achieve inclusive development the European Union (EU) needs to reframe its economic policy and reconsider politically sensitive issues.
read moreTrade unions are crucial to economic transformation
David Cichon | 30 May 2025Trade unions are crucial in transforming the economy since they fight for the democratic inclusion of all participants.
read moreSpurring economic transition
May 14, 2025How can we create a more inclusive economy and what obstacles lie in the way? This debate seeks answers.
read moreBuilding resilient and inclusive food markets
Evert-jan Quak | April 17, 2025To achieve maximum impact on food and nutrition security, knowledge and research policy should focus on local agriculture and food sectors. This means including small-scale farmers in regional food chains as well as making investments in the food...
read morePPPs: listen to the farmers
Karlijn Muiderman | April 17, 2025Assuming a joint approach would unleash agricultural potential and strengthen the market, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have dominated global food security strategies. The debate highlights several strategies, for example, focusing on the loc...
read moreUnderstanding successful inclusion in value chains
Jos Bijman | 02 April 2025Improving market access, linking farmers to markets, developing inclusive value chains; these are popular but challenging activities among development practitioners. The challenges results from the limited capabilities of (small) farmers to produc...
read moreCorridors of power or plenty
Bruce Byiers | 11 March 2025Corridors and their use of PPPs do seem to offer a range of opportunities – the challenge is to put in place policies that ensure the benefits are spread more widely.
read moreCapture fisheries for food security
Petra Spliethoff | 04 March 2025The role of small scale capture fisheries in rural livelihood, trade and food security remains critically unrecognized in development and poverty reduction approaches.
read moreWhat's happening on our food security debates?
Karlijn Muiderman, Evert-jan Quak | February 21, 2025The Broker started several online debates on the Agri-Hub Forums in Rwanda and Uganda and on different LinkedIn Groups. Read here the update of what happens on these online platforms.
read moreFood for thought
Karlijn Muiderman, Evert-jan Quak | February 21, 2025In the four weeks since the food security debate started, international researchers, politicians, practitioners and entrepreneurs have fed the debate from many angles. They have shed light on what should be key strategies, and what should not be o...
read moreFlourishing informal food trade
Joost Nelen | 06 February 2025‘Informal’ food trade is a key area in addressing food security: the best markets are those that already exist. Traditional or informal food trade persists and flourishes.
read moreInternational resourcefulness now
Michiel Verweij | 28 November 2024While Busan is hosting a high level discussion on aid effectiveness, doubts are mounting on the very concept of development aid itself.
read moreIntroduction: Old and new, oil and water
June 24, 2025Can you think of a group of almost half of the countries in the world that delivers crucial commodities and does not have a real say in global governance? Well, it exists. And the group now wants to be heard.
read morePayback time
Mirjam van Reisen | June 23, 2025If the ACP, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, is to have a stronger voice in international institutions, then it needs to strengthen itself as a political and economic bloc.
read moreLaying the BRICs for a better future
Mirjam van Reisen | June 23, 2025The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is exploring new relationships in order to claim its rightful position in global institutions and act as a spokesperson for the world’s poor and less powerful nations.
read moreThe old man and the seas
Mirjam van Reisen | June 23, 2025The ACP has emerged out of a unique relationship with the European Union (EU). However, while the EU needs the ACP's backing to get support in international governance, and needs its raw materials and markets, the EU is indecisive about continuing...
read moreInclusive Economy blog
June 21, 2025Editor Evert-jan Quak comments and reflects on new research, publications, blog posts, conferences and current affairs in the field of inclusive and sustainable economy.
read moreFood Security blog
June 15, 2025Editor Evert-jan Quak comments and reflects on new research, publications, blog posts, conferences and current affairs in the field of food security.
read moreLeaked report for G20 to tackle food price volatility
Evert-jan Quak | 11 May 2025Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest (11th May 2011) reveals new details from a leaked report urging G-20 to tackle food price volatility by reforming biofuel policies, curbing the use of agricultural export restrictions, and rebuilding emergency food...
read moreCurrent global affairs
February 02, 2025The blog ‘Current Global Affairs’ provides a window for reflection on news events, topical issues and developments. The blog focuses on the wider implications of current affairs, beyond the immediate impact of events as-they-unfold. Would you like...
read moreFree trade or fair play?
Erwin Bulte | October 06, 2024One of my PhD students works for the Millennium Villages project – the much publicized programme aimed at assisting communities to lift themselves out of poverty. Coordinated by Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University...
read moreThe MDGs: Addressing the enabling environment through the ethical framework of human rights
Natalia Cardona | 21 September 2024The Millennium Development Goals have provided a forum for discussion on poverty and development at the international level. They have contributed to bringing the devastation of poverty and inequality to the forefront of the international arena. Y...
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