Five graduates from the ISET 2021 BA program have won the Best Thesis Competition supported by the Policy and Management Consulting Group (PMCG), an international development consulting company, and ISET’s long-time friend and partner.

Dr. Luc Leruth, who joined ISET in 2020 as a Lead Economist and now a resident research scholar, has co-authored a work for Think20 (T20), the official engagement group of the G20. This notable research comes on the back of Luc’s presentation to the G20's Task Force on Multilateralism and Global Governance.

Over the last half-century, air pollution has become an increasingly critical problem globally. The number of harmful emissions connected to human activity has been rising constantly, and, in many locations around the world, the concentrations of individual pollutants are higher than the recommended safe levels. Elevated emission levels are associated with various harmful effects, such as damage to human health and well-being, decreases in productivity, a reduction in land prices, and equally significantly global environmental issues like climate change.

More gender equity means more development. Improving gender equity is not only a goal with an intrinsic value. A substantial body of research highlights the linkages between gender equity and the achievement of other development goals, such as health, education, social and economic rights fulfillment, and even growth.

A minor increase in consumer confidence in June 2021. The trend of increasing CCI continued from March 2021, this time with a slight 0.9 percentage point increase (from -33.2 in May to -32.1 in June) after a significant jump of 5 points from the previous month.