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Magazine article (E&M - 2020/3) Iocchi Alessio

Migration Flows on the African Continent

Of the 27 million African migrants who moved from their own countries to another in 2017, only 8 million settled outside of Africa: in Europe, but above all in the countries of the Persian Gulf and North America. The underlying reasons for African migration are to be sought in the asymmetries between expectations (of individuals and the community) and means (distribution of information and resources), ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/3) Castelnuovo Matteo, Casati Paola

Cobalt: Blue Gold in the Energy Transition

In 2020, the global demand for cobalt should exceed 120,000 tons; globally, 71 percent of this mineral is extracted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ethical problems linked to the exploitation of adults and children in the cobalt production process pose urgent moral and image questions for technology multinationals and the large producers of electric automobiles, that risk alienating a growing ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/3) Di Castelnuovo Matteo, Allevi Virginia

Women and Energy as Drivers of Development

African women represent over 50 percent of the African population but contribute to generating only 33 percent of the continent's collective GDP. This is because they are mostly employed in the informal sector, in low-income work with very few protections and prospects for professional growth. In Africa, approximately 600 million people currently lack access to electricity and over 70 percent of the ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/3) Carbone Giovanni

Political-economic Dynamism and the Unknown Factor of Solidity

Africa is often portrayed in a simplistic manner, and the sum of the 54 countries it consists of - 49 in the sub-Saharan region - is inevitably depicted using short-cuts and stereotypical images. Between 1990 and 1994, most sub-Saharan countries introduced new constitutional structures, and this season of political reform served as a prelude to that of economic progress and greater interest by international ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/3) Belgrano Gianfranco

The Playing Field for African Businesses

The development of Africa must not be based only on the public sector, international aid, foreign investment, or remittances, but rather on numerous actors from various areas and full support from the private sector. In Africa, agribusiness and the food and agriculture transformation industry can grow from an aggregate value of 313 billion dollars in 2010 to at least 1,000 billion dollars by 2030. ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/3) Perretti Fabrizio

Behind "Resilience" and "Mindfulness"

The concepts of "resilience" and "mindfulness," that are strictly correlated, deal with the management of emotions, stress scenarios, and the past. Yet they are often presented in a distorted manner, de facto legitimizing the source of the very problems they are called on to resolve.

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/1) Fattore Giovanni

New Leadership for the Italian PA

An analysis of the resumes of Italian public managers shows that they are very old (54.8 years of age, total average), their origin (and education) is from the Center and South of the country, with legal education and limited experience internationally and outside of the public administration. More than one-third of top managers are women: on this point, the central public administration has a better ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/1) Allevi Virginia, Saputo Aristea, Rizzi Giorgia, Daminelli Roberta

Sustainability Leaders for the Preservation of the Oceans

The growing interest among the international community for safeguarding the oceans can provide stimulus for a transition towards the adoption of more sustainable practices by businesses, including with reference to the safeguarding of marine ecosystems. The role of "sustainability leaders," those companies that combine the consciousness of the pressure they exercise on the oceans with practices aimed ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/1) Pogutz Stefano, De Silvio Manlio, Fumagalli Federico, Pachner Jan, Magni Giulio

All the Potential of the Blue Economy

The "blue economy" produces 3.3 percent of global GDP, representing a production system that generates annual sales estimated at 5.2 trillion dollars, gross value added of approximately 2.6 trillion dollars, and more than 168 million jobs. Despite still being a minority position, the interest for the preservation of marine ecosystems, corresponding to SDG 14 "Life Below Water," is growing more rapidly ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/1) Montalto Valentina

Creative Cities Towards the Evolution of the Species

In recent years in Europe, at least 190 cities have focused on culture as an element of socio-economic development and territorial differentiation. The Covid-19 pandemic has shed light not only on the socio-economic value of culture, but also on those aspects that require new policies: from the precarious and fragile condition in which most workers find themselves, to the need to rethink urban tourism ...