Researcher @ICwS_SAS Convenor @CLACS_SAS Caribbean Seminars. Legal Identity, Race & Belonging in the Dominican Republic https://t.co/DSWTd6eP7Q #digitalidentity
Mar 15, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Here's a reminder for the @ucu of what casualisation really looks like for its precariously employed members.
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Casualisation creates:
never-ending financial worries. Many of us are lumbered with debt, do not qualify for a mortgage, cannot save for the future and spend our free time and weekends applying for new posts or looking for the next funding opportunity.
Sep 1, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We should be very worried about what is about to happen in the UK. In 2010, I wrote the @UNDP report 'Electricity and Equity in the Dominican Republic: A Human Development Perspective'. At that time, the DR had one of the worst electricity sectors in the world and was in crisis.
As obvious as this is to say, electricity is an essential service that people need to live a decent life. Following Sen's capabilities approach (1999), the report illustrated the devastating impact of skyrocketing energy costs and daily blackouts on domestic households.
