We live in a globalised system of stark imbalances in wealth and power – both within and between countries. Can dependency theory provide alternatives?
To save development economics from itself, it is essential that we completely reimagine both the idea of development and the sewage system.
The indispensable contribution women make to society continues to be unseen. Are pension systems the answer?
Through the lens of feminist economic theories, the development of the Korean economy is not as successful as it first seems.
Can a socially equitable regulation of privately financed infrastructure ever be possible?
There are no countries where men and women spend the same amount of time on unpaid care work. We must call into question existing measures such as GDP as well as patriarchal structures and relations of power.
Many countries rely on Russia for their food imports. Economic sanctions cause great instability, and the burden falls on common people most of the time.
“What, if anything, has changed in the realm of social policy in response of the overwhelming economic and societal blow of COVID-19?”
Amid climate and oceans crises, Africa faces devastating consequences if it does not implement sustainable blue economic policies very soon.
As COVID-19 restrictions ease around the UK, the pandemic’s effects on social care are now being seen clearer than ever.
How can the allocation of capital affect the cyber defence of insurance and reinsurance?
If COVID-19 has transformed the world, can it transform our policies as well?
The final part of this blog series addresses globally differentiated climate change impacts in relation to climate finance, losses and damages, the Just Transition and Article 6.
Part 3 addresses whether the Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP) rehabilitated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
In Part 2, Dr Chandni Dwarkasing presents the nucleus of SOAS demands for COP26 outcomes and the importance of Just Transitions.
This blog series presents the key insights of SOAS’s Climate Briefing and looks at how COP26 has addressed the issues and hopes expressed by the academic community.
Recent research on the cashew industry in Mozambique shows that the factories are sites where colonial relations are reproduced.
Dr Risa Morimoto shares the latest research on how to increase awareness and understanding of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance.
How can we address social inequalities while preventing environmental exploitation? Should we keep on talking about economic growth at all?
Part 2 uncovers the systems and procedures behind the over-reporting of agricultural production in Rwanda.
New research on post-pandemic futures and climate resilience in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru.
Rwanda’s agricultural sector stagnated for 15 years, but no one noticed. A new paper examines why.
In Pakistan, the invisible unpaid labour of women seems to keep the wheel of the formal economy going.
Financial inclusion seeks to promote access to and usage of financial services by poor individuals. But is it the solution to poverty?
A new SOAS report sets out a proposal for debt relief focused on a green and sustainable recovery.
Watch the three winning entries for the undergraduate Economics Explained competition.
Five Master’s students in the Department of Economics tell us about their programmes – and why studying at SOAS is unique.
It is now uncontroversial that central banks should take climate change into account. But a big question remains: how should they do so?
As we look to understand and respond to the crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, feminist perspectives will be key in shaping a better world.
The public health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly translated into an economic and social crisis, both locally and globally.
At the end of January, the international media started reporting that a group operating on the Reddit platform, r/wallstreetbets, coordinated a massive purchase of shares
What is vaccine nationalism – and how does it impact global (in)equality? Discover what ‘vaccine apartheid’ really is.
Social sciences have failed to provide a comprehensive account of the drivers of consumption. Systems of Provision (SoP) seek to change that.
What’s it like to be a postgraduate economics student at SOAS – why is it a great place to study, and what sort of topics are taught?
It’s time to reverse the trend of capitalist growthism — we as consumers can play a role and learn where we can spend less and use less.
An assessment of the significant negative impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the social care sector in the UK.
“This is about women. Nigerian women and how their stories have historically been forgotten and how this one will be hard to forget.”
How have the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and associated financial crisis?
The World Bank Group responds to Covid-19 and sees an opportunity to intensify its “maximising finance for development” (MFD) approach.
In March 2020, the world witnessed ‘one of the most dramatic stock market crashes in history’ (Mazur et al (2020)). Stock market indices across most
On the morning of 24th April 2013, a busy commercial building known as the Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed suddenly, killing 1134 people and
Why are women in Nigeria more negatively affected by Covid-19?
… by 2030 global trade may have been revolutionised to comprise something closer to a global matrix of artificial-intelligence-driven, digital-currency-supported, and SME-sales dominated trade.
Come and discover a brand new textbook on the history of economic thought, reflecting the true spirit of the SOAS Economics Department. This new textbook
What’s the way forward for Economics departments when it comes to decolonisation?
What’s studying Economics at SOAS University of London really like?
Covid-19 will cause serious issues for Latin American companies.
“Why are firms struggling with the pandemic’s disruption still so focused on distributing profits to shareholders?”
What does this global health emergency mean for the world’s economy?
With schools closed and many children without internet or electricity at home, the social divide is apparent.
