Demand for 🇬🇧 goods & services is huge & 🇬🇧 business is confident about exporting. Today’s DIT figures show: 🚢47% of businesses think value of exports will increase in next 5 years 🚢73% of businesses say there's high overseas demand for UK products bit.ly/2sBQQPh

Il governo delle destre gialloverdi, deputati sardi inclusi, vota contro il rifinanziamento degli ammortizzatori sociali per il polo industriale di #Ottana, in #Sardegna. Le parole di #M5S sul sud in campagna elettorale erano scritte sulla sabbia. #opencamera

#m5s came to power in Italy claiming to be interested in reducing inequality (in a country where growth of inequality has been one of highest in OECD). They have just backed one of the most regressive forms of taxation (FLAT tax) that will increase inequality even further.

David Ricardo was in 1821 talking about effect of mechanization on jobs and wages. But as long as profits were reinvested in economy, new jobs appeared. That stopped with maximisation of shareholder value. Blame financialization & bad governance not robots! I’ll say this World Economic Forum !

Tom Knight, Head of Profession at @tradegovuk, highlights the challenges facing international trade. These include the measuring of digital trade and trade contained within the UK. #CHOSC18

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Un campione random per avere una foto più precisa (non perfetta) della situazione. La statistica può aiutare.

Nel leggere dell’orrore di #colleferro, vedo spesso che per commentare gli incommentabili esseri che lo hanno ammazzato viene usata la parola “cerebrolesi”. Volevo rassicurarvi che le lesioni cerebrali non trasformano nessun essere vivente in un picchiatore assassino fascista

At the first UN Comtrade Data Fair to talk about the future of trade data and analytical applications UN Trade Statistics

.Robert Koopman starts his keynote speech on trade and global value chain at #UNComtradeDataFair with an example from a UK study UN Trade Statistics

.Christine Lagarde "#Trade increases living standards, brings people out of #poverty; but has increased #inequality within countries" #WTOPublicForum

.Christine Lagarde at #WTOPublicForum: we failed to tackle the drawbacks of international trade and globalisation such as increasing inequalities

.Strive Masiyiwa "Now 300m young people in #Africa w/out work; set to double in next 10yrs. We're not creating enough jobs." #WTOPublicForum

.Christine Lagarde at #WTOPublicForum: “Message on Trade: #Include--those left out; #Improve--the ability to adjust; #Secure--the rules-based system”

At ODI to listen Muhammad Yunus #GlobalDev Muhammad Yunus

Yunus: charity money has one life, it doesn't feed the organism. Social business money has many lives; it can multiply and tackle this wealth imbalance #GlobalDev

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Orgogliosissima di Beatrice Torella, dei ragazzi di #SottoSopra e del loro impegno! E anche un po' gelosa, vorrei essere li` con voi! ;) x.com/ckyenge/status…

4 Keys to a humanitarian activist movement 1) Be angry, but attack policies not motives 2) reward leaders for investing 3) keep score - track who is delivering, who is violating 4) reach out to a broader group Gayle Smith #HPGLecture ODI