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In the light of technological developments, the EU integration processes and the globalization of the labour market, international migration in the Baltic Sea region is today more diverse, more rapidly changing and more challenging than ever before. The expert seminar Labour migration in the Baltic Sea countries: trends and prospects took a closer look at…
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Without immigration, populations across all the Baltic Sea states shrink. We have to start viewing migration as the resource for welfare improvement that it has the potential to be. This was one of the conclusions when Global Challenge’s network of think tanks and research institutes working with migration and integration policy gathered in Tallinn, Estonia…
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China’s economic growth is an important engine for the global economy. As the country’s energy usage increases, its global footprint increases. For the Chinese government, it isn’t the climate that stands at the center, but the energy’s sustainability. This was one of the conclusions that came out from the discussion “China emits – What is happening…
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The increasing incomes for the top per cent of income earners should have led to higher investment rates in the real economy. Since the 1970s, this group of people has substantially increased their share of the income in the OECD. In the report “What do rich people do with their money” from Global Challenge, Sandro…
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Global Challenge takes the step out into the new generation in the Baltic region thanks to its new partner, the network Edgeryders. In the project ”Youth and jobs”, Global Challenge will communicate directly with thousands of young people in the Baltic region.
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The financial crisis has confronted the Baltic region with new challenges. The Baltic States have experienced negative economic growth rates, reductions in real wages and high unemployment rates. The countries in the Baltic Sea region are also facing a large common demographic challenge as a result of declining birth rates , ageing populations and increasing…
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When Iraqis migrate to Sweden, social networks are their primary information source. The duration of migrants’ residence permits and the sort of jobs the migrants get have important implications for their integration. These are some conclusions from The New Way In, a Migrant Perspective, based on interviews with 45 Iraqi migrants, carried out by Global…
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The American election is behind us. Much of the debate between Obama and Romney was about jobs and the economy. But both candidates avoided talking about a major underlying problem: the increasing energy costs. A fact that completely changes the conditions for economic growth. This a according to a statement by Professor Charles AS Hall,…
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A workshop hosted by Global Utmaning, nef (the new economics foundation), Global Climate Forum, and the Centre for Philosophy of Natural & Social Science The global financial markets are increasingly out of the hands of national regulators; they are unstable and susceptible to shocks. How can the global markets be controlled and incentivised to better…
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Globalization does not constitute a threat towards wellfare and climate. Instead nationalism and protectionism are the real dangers to strengthening the political will to find common solutions to our global challenges. This statement was delivered by Kristina Persson, executive president at Global Utmaning (Global Challenge), in a comment to Dani Rodrik’s plea for “a sane…
