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Thursday, March 4, 2021 By Richard M. Ebeling The coronavirus and the government responses with shutdowns and lockdowns, along with restrictions on international travel and disruptions of the global supply chains that crisscross countries and continents, have made a fuller and more rapid recovery difficult in the Western industrialized countries, but even more so in many places in what used to be called during the Cold War, the underdeveloped nations of the “Third World.” The question is w...

If we are to restore the organisation’s credibility, countries must set aside their differences

Hoping for a fairer deal A Nigerian heading the WTO has raised the developing world’s hopes India’s Permanent Representative to the WTO Brajendra Navnit made an interesting comment at the multilateral body’s General Council meeting last month where Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was elected as the Director General by consensus. He cited Mahatma Gandhi’s talisman exhorting people who are in doubt to think whether the action they are contemplating would help the poor and urged the new D...

 E-Mail Researchers from the University of Texas, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, and London School of Economics published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines whether entrepreneurs in emerging markets can benefit from marketers help. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "Do Marketers Matter for Entrepreneurs? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda" and is authored by Stephen Anderson, Pradeep Chintagunta, Frank Germann, and Nauf...

 E-Mail Coastal communities at the forefront of climate change reveal valuable approaches to foster adaptability and resilience, according to a worldwide analysis of small-scale fisheries by Stanford University researchers. Globally important for both livelihood and nourishment, small-scale fisheries employ about 90 percent of the worlds fishers and provide half the fish for human consumption. Large-scale shocks -- like natural disasters, weather fluctuations, oil spills and market collapse --...

Wearing surgical face masks for 30 minutes was not associated with changes in respiratory parameters or clinical signs of respiratory distress in this study of 47 infants and young children in Italy.

Penicillin and Streptomycin Market Size Estimated to Reach $2.9 Billion by 2025 Increase in the Economy in the Developing Countries and Increase in the Bacterial Infection and Usage of the Penicillin and Streptomycin in the Cell Cultures is Driving the Demand in Penicillin and Streptomycin Market. BriefingWire.com, 3/02/2021 - Penicillin and Streptomycin Market size is estimated to reach $2.9 Billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 0.7% during the forecast period ...

This study investigates emergency department visits for violence-related injuries occurring at home and outside the home in Cardiff, Wales, before and after COVID-19 lockdown measures were instituted in March 2020.

 E-Mail BINGHAMTON, NY - Several proposals have emerged on how to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, but they fall short in ensuring that the vaccine is distributed fairly. A team including Binghamton University professor Nicole Hassoun suggests three ways to more fairly and effectively distribute the vaccine so that people in poor countries get the vaccine as soon as possible. "Although many people in rich countries will receive a vaccine for COVID-19 this year, many people in poor countries wi...

Published March 2, 2021, 6:00 AM The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has defended the Department of Trade and Industry’s imposition of safeguard measures and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) on certain imports to protect domestic industries, but the country’s anti-trust watchdog also equally stressed that such legitimate measures can be challenged if the injury caused is born out by inherent inefficiencies of processes that incumbents have gotten used to.  PCC Commissioners led by Chairm...