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As the world clamours for unified action to combat the ever-pressing specter of climate change, Pakistan stands at a...

A year-long data-driven ARIJ investigation establishes that official figures on the emigration of Syrian doctors are a steep underestimate. Many qualified physicians are “invisible” because they lack accreditation in receiving countries.

In March 2023, at the fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Qatar, development partners reaffirmed their commitment to lift LDCs from the cycle of extreme poverty, instability and vulnerability that limits their development prospects.

Drug-resistant microbes are causing significant harm, resulting in 79,000 deaths annually and increasing medical costs by $28.9 billion across 34 OECD and EU/EEA countries. The OECD warns that if not addressed, resistance to last-resort drugs could be twice as bad by 2035 compared to 2005. Greece, India, Turkey, and other nations already have a dangerously high prevalence of hard-to-treat infections.

Fully funded public schools can help Australia achieve a world-class education system, say experts

The OECD report to the leaders of G20 nations at the New Delhi summit has made proposals with far-reaching implications for tax compliance related to overseas property holdings

The rich are increasingly being squeezed by wealth taxes as governments raise levies to pay for cost of living support.

It’s unclear what the department is selling us, except that the powers-that-be are trying to be smart without the curricular expertise to do simple things well

Claims that immigration is fuelling soaring house prices and weak productivity growth require closer examination

Indonesia's growth prospects and youthful population mean that it is set to be a significant global player in the coming decades as it moves towards becoming a developed economy.