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NEW YORK – In 2020, chronic undernutrition stunted the growth of nearly a quarter of the world’s children under five years old. Being

EUGENE/BRASÍLIA/HEIDELBERG – When former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January 2019, one of his first acts in

By Esther Duflo & Michael Kremer   PARIS/CHICAGO – Innovation can have a profound effect on our lives. Thanks to

By Nick Barigye Nick Barigye, CEO of Rwanda Finance Limited, is a former managing partner of Karisimbi Business Partners, an

CAMBRIDGE – With the world on track to exceed 1.5° Celsius of warming in the next decade, we can expect climate hazards to intensify,

LONDON – The COVID-19 pandemic may have exposed the vulnerability of the world’s health systems, but it also led to a truly impressive

By Natalia Kanem   NEW YORK – In 2020, an estimated 287,000 women died in pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after delivering,

STOCKHOLM – When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly

ISLAMABAD – Anyone who witnesses a polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan will notice something remarkable: in most areas, the

By Andrés Arauz and Guillaume Long   WASHINGTON, DC – A stream of European countries have exited the controversial Energy Charter