Macro-Development Research Initiative

@IHEID Student initiative that aims to research, analyze, debate and disseminate information related to development with an interdisciplinary perspective.

[TASC Platform @TASCplatform]

Join us for our Opening Plenary on 'Youth and the Future of Work in a post-Covid world' with @mlevasalles and @DavidTimis.

Register here: https://t.co/sJvcUcJSbl

#YouthThinkingAhead #FutureLeaders #FutureOfWork

@_CTEI @IHEID @GTP_Trade @gisaIHEID @The_MDRI

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

Discover the program of our first annual 'Youth Thinking Ahead 2021' summit on the Future of Work in partnership with the @TASCplatform.
Register now: https://t.co/UU8aTwSxBc

#YouthThinkinghAhead

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

MDRI is glad to announce the creation of our first ‘Youth Thinking Ahead’ annual summit about the future of work, in collaboration with @TASCplatform and PDC.
Seize this opportunity and join us on the 29th and 30th of April!

Register Here: https://t.co/UU8aTwSxBc

[Geneva Graduate Institute @GVAGrad]

Online event 29 Oct 12:30 CET - The #USElections2020: End of an era? Prof David Sylvan discusses what may be the most important elections in memory, not only for the US itself but for the world as a whole. Register today https://t.co/t50VBjMY8b

[The Graduate Press @GraduatePress]

Read about how technology is changing digital finance, and how rising calls for regulation across the pond may be opening a space for International Geneva and the United Nations. Check out Aurèle Cotton's piece on our website:

https://t.co/styLdy7ayk

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

For the article (in Spanish) visit: https://t.co/baHlBVPQk0

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

'Nabarima' platform is filled with 1,3 mb of oil and its currently tilting in the Gulf of Paria (north east of Venezuela).

According to @EfectoCocuyo, PDVSA is evaluating how to drain the oil in the platform to avoid any damage for the ecosystem.

[ffostt @ffostt1]

Nabarima Sinking Confirmed! #ffos #nabarima #oilspillthreat #urgent https://t.co/b5FWVcJgJD

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

We present to you the Pilot Episode of our podcast 'Let's Put it on the Table'

Our guest is @ajcastrosanchez, one of the founding members of @ClubMacroUCV in Venezuela.

Feel free to listen, share and tell us your feedbacks to make it better.

https://t.co/awlBNEsVWQ

[Geneva Graduate Institute @GVAGrad]

Do the economic problems brought on by #coronavirus signal a #crisis for mass #capitalism and #liberalism? Pablo Martín Méndez of @UNLaOficial explores in the latest #blog post in The Global:
https://t.co/E7qitpXTLi

[Geneva Graduate Institute @GVAGrad]

The new issue of International Development Policy is out, focusing on Drug Policies and Development.
Ddownload for free here:
https://t.co/VBWbSGThwD
@DevPolJournal #DrugPolicy #DrugDevelopment

[Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy @GVAGrad_AHDC]

Latin American Politics in the Pandemic: COSTA RICA
Thursday 24 September 2020 l 17:00 - 18:00
(09h00 in San José) https://t.co/48Bl3rdG6x

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

Once the chapter is ready, it will be posted with our allies at the IHEID'S Podcast initiative.

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

Today we will record the pilot episode of our podcast "Let's put it on the table". Our guest will be @ajcastrosanchez, one of the founding members of our venezuelan allied initiative: @ClubMacroUCV.

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

Human Rights and Freedom are fundamental to a country's development.

As we said, in the coming days we will be analyzing the Venezuelan context in other important aspects, feel free to interact with our social media.

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

If you wish to read the Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, go to this click here:

https://t.co/CMOSYxZCFR

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

Venezuela’s judiciary system has failed to serve as a check on other State actors for some time now.

For that reason, the Mission believes that further investigation is needed into the extent to which undue political influence has hampered judicial independence.

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

The violations the Mission investigated took place amid a gradual breakdown of democratic institutions and the rule of law, including an erosion of judicial independence, in Venezuela.

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

State authorities also failed to intervene in at least seven cases where protesters were killed by armed civilian groups known as colectivos. This came amid the Government’s increased reliance on military-civilian coordination to maintain public order in recent years.

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

The Mission also documented violations amid the State’s increasingly violent response to mass opposition protests, especially in 2014, 2017 and 2019.

[Macro-Development Research Initiative @The_MDRI]

These include the killings of 36 protesters, who were shot with firearms and less-lethal munitions, as well as torture and other ill-treatment in detention, including beatings and humiliation, sexual and gender-based violence and mock execution.