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Our collective brain
Humans, more than any other animal, have evolved the ability to learn from each other.
Managing the politics of water
For poor people in the developing world, such transboundary cooperation generates significant dividends.
The politics of polio eradication
The barriers to polio eradication are no longer medical; the disease does not occur where vaccination programs operate unhindered.
Cornerstones of corporate governance
Having justice in a company will encourage employees at every level to be highly productive.
I won’t lie by claiming that I am not dead
Even if there was no rigging or ballot stuffing or any such shenanigan during the day of an election and vote counting, obviously an election held in an atmosphere of fear and the brutal suppression of dissenting voices is anything but democratic, argues Gedion Timothewos Hessebon
Empty promises and dead children
If governments are sincere about delivering on the SDGs’ promise on child mortality, they must get serious about ensuring equity in health care.
The global economy’s stealth resilience
The distinct failure to agree on monetary and fiscal policy seems highly dangerous.
Ever Closer Union or Common Market?
Like the British, many Continental Europeans are asking whether transnational regulation by Brussels-based institutions and a political union are actually necessary.
Defeating meningitis in Africa
The first vaccination campaign reached virtually everyone in the country aged 1-29. In the five years since then, more than 235 million people have been immunized across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Infrastructure for a sustainable future
Policymakers will need to ensure a significant increase in total investment. This requires a reversal of the broadly negative public-investment trend in the last couple of decades.