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OECD Calls on US to Solve Issues with Ageing Workforce
January 31, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has produced a study calling on US lawmakers to adopt a "comprehensive policy approach" to the problem of unemployment and low income among American seniors, including by pressuring US firms to hire older workers and by "retraining and upskilling" workers throughout their lives.
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Schaefer: US Must Keep up Pressure on UN Budget
January 31, 2018
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation offers recommendations to the US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley on how to maintain and even increase the cuts she helped secure in the UN budget, arguing that the five percent budget cut is not enough to ensure "a more efficient and effective UN."
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Leaders at WEF Praise Chinese Global Governance Vision
January 30, 2018
Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports that UN and other world leaders at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, have lined up behind the vision of global governance promoted by President Xi Jinping at last year's WEF - in favor of an "open global economy" and an international system based on "equality, fairness and inclusiveness."
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UN Agency Seeks Comprehensive Global Migration Data
January 30, 2018
The UN's International Organization for Migration Global Migration Data Analysis Centre launched a report at the recent World Economic Forum calling for comprehensive, data-based analysis to encourage more effective management of migrant flows across the globe.
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Article: Transform Global Governance Through SDGs
January 30, 2018
An article from the nongovernmental organization Transnational Institute suggests that the actual achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is less important than using the process of working toward the SDGs as an opportunity to "lay foundations for alternative modes" of global governance based on "social and environmental justice."
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