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Informal Economy

Bid for Africa's First Olympics, but What About Kenya's Hardest Hit?

Caroline Elliot | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: War on Want, Poverty, Olympics, Street Vendors, Informal Economy, Kenya, David Rudisha, UK Sport News
Caroline Elliot

The Kenya House showcase, at Stratford during the London Olympics, closed as the Games ended on Sunday. But, amid plans to transform Nairobi into a major international financial hub - the showcase proclaims "Come experience a land of opportunity" - four in ten Kenyans live on less than 80p a day.

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The Riots: It may be the Under-Class that did it, but it's the Uber-Class that lost it

Colin Talbot | Posted 09.10.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Uber-Class, Under Class, Tax-Avoidance, Informal-Economy, Inequality, Riots, London Riots, Tottenham Riot, UK Issues, UK Politics News
Colin Talbot

So, the riots have come. They had an almost inevitable quality to them - indeed last December I outlined one scenario for when they would happen.

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