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Africa's AfCFTA: A Path to Industrialization and Value Addition
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to boost intra-African trade in manufactured goods and value-added minerals, although challenges remain in overcoming the lack of industrial base and establishing efficient logistics.
Africa's AfCFTA: A Path to Industrialization and Value Addition
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to boost intra-African trade in manufactured goods and value-added minerals, although challenges remain in overcoming the lack of industrial base and establishing efficient logistics.
Progress
16% Bias Score
China Unveils Plan to Upgrade Manufacturing Through Enhanced Financial Support
China's central bank and other government agencies announced plans to boost financial support for manufacturing upgrades by 2027, focusing on high-end, intelligent, and green development through diversified financial instruments and long-term investments in emerging industries.
China Unveils Plan to Upgrade Manufacturing Through Enhanced Financial Support
China's central bank and other government agencies announced plans to boost financial support for manufacturing upgrades by 2027, focusing on high-end, intelligent, and green development through diversified financial instruments and long-term investments in emerging industries.
Progress
16% Bias Score
Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia": A Portrait of Labor in Foshan
Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia" (2006) is a 20-minute film documenting the daily lives of workers in a Foshan, China lamp factory, revealing the human cost of China's industrial production and questioning the benefits of this economic model for its workers.
Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia": A Portrait of Labor in Foshan
Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia" (2006) is a 20-minute film documenting the daily lives of workers in a Foshan, China lamp factory, revealing the human cost of China's industrial production and questioning the benefits of this economic model for its workers.
Progress
40% Bias Score
AfCFTA: Africa's Response to Global Economic Shifts
Amidst US tariffs and AGOA's uncertain future, 48 of 54 African nations have ratified the AfCFTA to boost intra-African trade, reduce external market reliance, and foster economic growth by leveraging the continent's youthful population and abundant resources.
AfCFTA: Africa's Response to Global Economic Shifts
Amidst US tariffs and AGOA's uncertain future, 48 of 54 African nations have ratified the AfCFTA to boost intra-African trade, reduce external market reliance, and foster economic growth by leveraging the continent's youthful population and abundant resources.
Progress
36% Bias Score
China-Africa Center to Modernize African Agriculture
The China-Africa-UNIDO Center of Excellence, launched in Addis Ababa in November 2024, aims to boost African agricultural productivity and industrialization by leveraging China's experience and resources, addressing low industrialization, and skilled labor shortages.
China-Africa Center to Modernize African Agriculture
The China-Africa-UNIDO Center of Excellence, launched in Addis Ababa in November 2024, aims to boost African agricultural productivity and industrialization by leveraging China's experience and resources, addressing low industrialization, and skilled labor shortages.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Zambia Breaks Ground on $340 Million Phosphate Plant
A $340 million phosphate processing plant, a joint venture between China's Sino Great Group and Zambia's Wonderful Group, broke ground in Chilanga, Zambia on January 25, 2024, aiming to transform phosphate resources into high-value products, create 10,500 jobs, and reduce fertilizer import dependenc...
Zambia Breaks Ground on $340 Million Phosphate Plant
A $340 million phosphate processing plant, a joint venture between China's Sino Great Group and Zambia's Wonderful Group, broke ground in Chilanga, Zambia on January 25, 2024, aiming to transform phosphate resources into high-value products, create 10,500 jobs, and reduce fertilizer import dependenc...
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52% Bias Score
Shenzhen's Economic Transformation: A Replicable Model for Industrialization
Shenzhen, initially a small town, transformed into a global tech hub in 45 years, exceeding Hong Kong's GDP by 27 percent through labor-intensive manufacturing, market-based reforms, and proactive public engagement, showcasing a replicable model for industrialization.
Shenzhen's Economic Transformation: A Replicable Model for Industrialization
Shenzhen, initially a small town, transformed into a global tech hub in 45 years, exceeding Hong Kong's GDP by 27 percent through labor-intensive manufacturing, market-based reforms, and proactive public engagement, showcasing a replicable model for industrialization.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Byrnihat: World's Worst Air Quality in 2024
Byrnihat, India, a town of approximately 50,000 people, holds the world's worst air quality ranking in 2024 due to heavy industrial activity, heavy traffic on National Highway 40, and unfavorable topography, resulting in severe health issues among its residents, despite some recent factory closures.
Byrnihat: World's Worst Air Quality in 2024
Byrnihat, India, a town of approximately 50,000 people, holds the world's worst air quality ranking in 2024 due to heavy industrial activity, heavy traffic on National Highway 40, and unfavorable topography, resulting in severe health issues among its residents, despite some recent factory closures.
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40% Bias Score
Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia": The Human Cost of China's Industrial Boom
Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia" (2006) depicts the daily lives of Foshan, China factory workers, contrasting their repetitive labor producing lamps with their individual dreams, questioning the human cost of China's industrial expansion and capitalist production models.
Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia": The Human Cost of China's Industrial Boom
Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia" (2006) depicts the daily lives of Foshan, China factory workers, contrasting their repetitive labor producing lamps with their individual dreams, questioning the human cost of China's industrial expansion and capitalist production models.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Black Dog": A Surrealist Critique of Modernization in China
Black Dog" (2008) follows Lang, a former stuntman returning to his abandoned hometown in 2008, amidst Beijing's Olympic preparations, where he confronts societal decay, his past, and a rabid black dog, symbolizing the casualties of modernization.
Black Dog": A Surrealist Critique of Modernization in China
Black Dog" (2008) follows Lang, a former stuntman returning to his abandoned hometown in 2008, amidst Beijing's Olympic preparations, where he confronts societal decay, his past, and a rabid black dog, symbolizing the casualties of modernization.
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24% Bias Score
UNECA Study Tour Promotes Southern Africa's Automotive SEZs
A UNECA-led study tour in South Africa (March 25-27, 2025) examined Special Economic Zones' (SEZs) role in boosting Southern Africa's automotive value chains, involving Namibian, Lesotho, and South African stakeholders, focusing on utilizing Africa's raw materials and integrating SMEs.
UNECA Study Tour Promotes Southern Africa's Automotive SEZs
A UNECA-led study tour in South Africa (March 25-27, 2025) examined Special Economic Zones' (SEZs) role in boosting Southern Africa's automotive value chains, involving Namibian, Lesotho, and South African stakeholders, focusing on utilizing Africa's raw materials and integrating SMEs.
Progress
24% Bias Score
Industrial Expansion Threatens Small Álava Village
The small village of Margarita, Álava, is facing severe environmental and quality-of-life challenges due to the rapid expansion of a nearby industrial park, high-speed rail construction, and increased truck traffic from two adjacent gas stations, leaving its 30 residents surrounded and severely impa...
Industrial Expansion Threatens Small Álava Village
The small village of Margarita, Álava, is facing severe environmental and quality-of-life challenges due to the rapid expansion of a nearby industrial park, high-speed rail construction, and increased truck traffic from two adjacent gas stations, leaving its 30 residents surrounded and severely impa...
Progress
60% Bias Score
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