Danube+20: More Jobs Due to Better Inland Water Transport?

World Water Day, 2016; Better Water, Better Jobs for the Unorganized Sector

As a part of the curriculum for the undergraduate students, the Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, conducted a program that focused on the water issues for workers at construction sites.[1] This was to sensitize the students toward the health in the unorganized sector. A “role play” by the students was followed by a demonstration of inexpensive and sustainabl...

Are more retractions due to more scrutiny ?

© Brembs This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and redistribution in any medium, provided that the original author and source are credited. In the last “Science Weekly” podcast from the Guardian, the topic was retractions. At about 20:29 into the episode, Hannah Devlin asked, wheth...

Improving Skills for More and Better Jobs: Does Training Make a Difference?

It is often claimed that upgrading workers' skills could help meet the challenges of technological and structural change, as well as population ageing. Policies to enhance skills could thus be an important part of the OECD Jobs Strategy. Still, little is known about the labour market impact of adult learning. Do policies that enhance workers' skills help improve the overall employment situation...

Better public services for growth and jobs

Social innovation for better jobs and performance

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