From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Alden Meyer, a senior consultant at E3G, an independent climate ...

Developing countries face significant challenges in achieving their primary goals of poverty alleviation, reducing unemployment, and minimizing inequality. It’s shocking that “GREEN” policymakers are ...

We’re almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and the past 25 years or so have been a tale of two economies when it comes to bridging the gap between the world’s richest and poorest ...

Since the first industrial revolution in the 18th century, technological innovation has driven human prosperity – though unequally. Nations with physical infrastructure, such as factories, steam ...

Economic uncertainty, intra-state conflict, and climate risks are rising around the world. Many global risks are reflected in the national-level fears of business leaders around the world. Economic ...

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There is a tight correlation between poverty and “deprivation” of the entire range of basic products and services that are taken for granted by wealthy people. A personal car is the iconic ...

The global financial position has remained stable since the April 2024 world economic outlook update from the IMF. According to the IMF July 2024 update, global economic growth is expected to be at ...

Whether you use “Third World” or “Developing” to describe a certain country, both terms mean the same thing: poor. But it didn’t always mean that. During World War I, First World was used to refer to ...

Specifically, we aimed to discuss significant challenges in the field in developing countries, and then pose pivotal questions, and explore avenues for Brazilian investigators to make meaningful ...