What we're reading at RSA Global

Here is a look at some of the articles we have been reading in the RSA Global Team this month.

These recommended articles relate to an aspect of ongoing RSA research and span a wide range of topics from Refugee Education, Future of Work, Universal Basic Income, Artificial Intelligence and all things Brexit. 

Creative Learning and Development

• Project Syndicate: How can Africa maximise its Youth Dividend by using Vocational skills training?
• OECD Trends shaping Education Spotlight 11:  People on the move which looks at the role of education as international mobility is on the rise.
• Stanford Social Innovation Review: Supporting higher education for refugees.
•  The Atlantic:  The underrated gift of curiosity in the classroom when it is in fact a strong indicator of academic success.

Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing

• Stanford Social Innovation Review: The Next Sustainability Frontier: Gender Equity as a Business Imperative.
• Bloomberg:this week China announced a huge Artificial Intelligence plan as a driver to economic expansion.
• The Wire: Why India needs a strategic Artificial Intelligence Vision?
• ILO’s 5th Conference on the Regulating for Decent Work Network - Future of Work, have a listen to the panel discussion “Can a universal basic income resolve future income security challenges?”

Public Services and Communities

• Politico: The Biggest Challenge Facing American Cities.
• Have a look at the launch of the Brookings India Health Monitor with a panel discussion on “Better Health Data for Better Health Policy.”
• CityLab: How Cities Are Making the Global Housing Crisis Worse. This article also refers to the recently released World Resources Institute Working Paper on the Urban Housing Crisis in the Global South.
• Council on Foreign Relations Discussion Paper - Building Inclusive Economies How Women’s Economic Advancement Promotes Sustainable Growth.

Other - Globalization and Brexit

• This Foreign Affairs article attempts to explain why Globalization has stalled and what is next.
• On all things Brexit, the UK must now recalibrate its trade policy and this Chatham House event discusses all the WTO-related issues raised by the UK taking up its new status as an individual member without the responsibilities of an EU member.