Development issues

How The Pandemic (Nearly) Killed Global Cities

How The Pandemic (Nearly) Killed Global Cities

By Kenneth Rapoza : Forbes : 08-06-2021 Who wants to live in a city today? Between protests in the U.S. and London last year, and a pandemic where living in apartment buildings and touching things a hundred people just touched, and riding in their crowded trains,...

Lethal Heat Hits the Planet

Lethal Heat Hits the Planet

By Robert Hunziker : 28-06-2021. The news does not get much worse than a recent scientific report that the planet is trapping twice as much heat as it did only 14 years ago. If this one report does not turn heads and create a sense of panic to get off fossil fuels, as...

The next pandemic: drought is a hidden global crisis, UN says

The next pandemic: drought is a hidden global crisis, UN says

By Fiona Harvey : The Guardian : 17-06-2021. Countries urged to take urgent action on managing water and land and tackling the climate emergency. Drought is a hidden global crisis that risks becoming “the next pandemic” if countries do not take urgent action on water...

Finance, Growth, and Inequality

Finance, Growth, and Inequality

By Ross Levine : IMF : 11-06-2020 Finance and growth emerged as a distinct field of economics during the last three decades as economists integrated the fields of finance and economic growth and then explored the ramifications of the functioning of financial systems...

COVID-19 and the Dangers of Vaccine Nationalism

COVID-19 and the Dangers of Vaccine Nationalism

Remember back in the spring when the nations of the world competed for personal protective equipment (PPE)? Canadians were shocked when US President Donald Trump tried to block the shipment of PPE to Canada. That wasn’t a one-off event. The fight to secure domestic...

COVID-19 and the Dangers of Vaccine Nationalism

COVID-19 and the Dangers of Vaccine Nationalism

Remember back in the spring when the nations of the world competed for personal protective equipment (PPE)? Canadians were shocked when US President Donald Trump tried to block the shipment of PPE to Canada. That wasn’t a one-off event. The fight to secure domestic...