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India: Sharing Expenses And Gender Equality

Posted by Rezwan on 09/11/2009

Nita J. Kulkarni at A Wide Angle View Of India raises a debate on whether a working couple should share the financial burden equally. She comments: “I believe that this issue of women being reluctant to share their income is more about personalities rather than anything else.”

Economics English Gender India Roundups South Asia

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Angola: The high cost of living in Luanda

Posted by Clara Onofre on 09/11/2009

The high cost of living in the country is paradoxical: Angola's high development indicators are not reflected in the finances of the majority of Angola's citizens and do not translate to quality of life for those less economically well off.

Angola Development Economics Portuguese Sub-Saharan Africa Weblog

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Trinidad & Tobago: Flagging

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 08/11/2009

“Another monument to fiscal indiscipline by our government is installed in the name of national pride”: KnowTnT.com still can't get over the cost of the flag in the National Stadium.

Americas Economics English Finance Governance Media Politics Roundups Sport Trinidad & Tobago

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Barbados, Jamaica: Debt Downgrades

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 08/11/2009

“Jamaica's government kicked up a terrific stink with Standard and Poor's (S&P) after the rating agency again downgraded the country's debt”: Living in Barbados wonders how “Barbados' normally more polite and circumspect politicians” will react to more do ...

Americas Barbados Development Economics English Finance International Relations Jamaica Politics Roundups

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Uzbekistan: Thank you, cotton-growers!

Posted by Adil Nurmakov on 08/11/2009

Musafirbek says that the president of Uzbekistan officially thanked the cotton-growers for gathering the harvest of this strategic product for Uzbekistan. However, those who sweat away, collecting this cotton (including children) were not mentioned in the presidents address.

Central Asia & Caucasus Economics English Human Rights Labor Roundups Uzbekistan

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