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Without a concerted nationwide push from Moscow towards a climate sensitive Russia, it seems that Putin’s changing attitudes towards climate could end up being nothing more than words.

How have school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic affected children's education? This column argues that channels operating through schools, peer effects, and parental investments have all contributed to massively growing educational inequality during the pandemic. Among 9th graders, children from low-income neighbourhoods in the US are predicted to suffer a learning loss

Rising inequality and firms’ market power pose challenges to the aims of inclusive growth and shared prosperity. Nevertheless, growth and equity need not be mutually exclusive. This column argues that economic dynamism is crucial for achieving sustained growth and more equal market outcomes. It shows that countries that experienced faster growth over the last four decades have

International IDEA led the development of the Working Paper, "Mechanisms of Democracy and Fundamental Rights" as part of Club de Madrid's Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies. The Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies was established in 2021 following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to help democracies enhance their resilience to

The role of global value chains for development is often told from a manufacturing or agriculture perspective. This column discusses how the rise of global services value chains offers developing countries with new opportunities by providing jobs, revenue, and productivity growth. In addition, they do so in a more inclusive way than manufacturing. Policymakers need to invest

Tony Roulstone explores the drivers of change

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): On the very first day of the new year, the world’s largest free trade agreement – Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – officially came into effect. It is the second “mega-regional” trade pact in Asia and the Pacific, following the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that has become effective in December 2018.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

When the famous quantum theorist, David Bohm, read Jiddu Krishnamurti's "The First and Last Freedom", he was blown away by his insight and knowledge regarding the phenomenon of the observer and the observed. Despite having no university-level...

The scaling down of the US presence in the Middle East and the possible strengthening of Iran's positions following the lifting of the American