http://www.framtidsstudier.se News from the Institute for future studies as RSS Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:57:54 GMT http://www.framtidsstudier.se/eng/redirect.asp?p=3722 One commonly observed phenomena about taxation in Africa are regional differences and the fact that southern African countries have higher levels of shares of taxation in GDP. This article argues that the major source of differences in ‘tax effort’ is the colonial histories of various countries. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:00:01 GMT http://www.framtidsstudier.se/eng/redirect.asp?p=3722 http://www.framtidsstudier.se/eng/redirect.asp?p=3718 In an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, migration has emerged as one of the central policy challenges of the future, fermenting debates on a national and international level. This book moves beyond the migration-development nexus by exploring the neglected issue of South-South migration, and its implications for social policy and development. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:01 GMT http://www.framtidsstudier.se/eng/redirect.asp?p=3718 http://www.framtidsstudier.se/eng/redirect.asp?p=3710 The study combines information on family policy legislation with individuals’ perceived stress and work-family conflict for 20 welfare democracies in 2002. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:00:01 GMT http://www.framtidsstudier.se/eng/redirect.asp?p=3710 http://www.framtidsstudier.se/eng/redirect.asp?p=3707 A diachronical cross-national analysis of health care services shows that European health care systems are not particularly hit by retrenchment. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:00:01 GMT http://www.framtidsstudier.se/eng/redirect.asp?p=3707