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The impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the environment is an important but controversial topic. But assessing it faces a significant challenge for separating its policy impact from the overall effect of economic development that will also have environmental impacts. This paper attempts to provide an evolutionary and counterfactual baseline to evaluate the environmental impact of BRI, based on the distribution dynamics approach and the mobility probability plots (MPPs). Our estimatio...

Pakistan and the Philippines have been mainstays on Committee to Protect Journalists Global Impunity Index since its inception in 2008

A surge in foreign direct investment in Korea over the past 25 years is the result of the country’s deep partnership with the OECD, leading to a sizeable increase in trade in services and a deeper integration in global value chains.

Since its founding, the World Bank has evolved to perform three main functions: provide global public goods, generate valuable data and independent analysis,

Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation[1]with India. India was among the

Countries with abundant natural resources – gold, diamonds, crude oil– often fail to transform that advantage into favourable development outcomes. This is known as the natural resource curse. Countries like Nigeria, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are often cited as examples. Several explanations have been offered for the resource course. These include the lack of government accountability usually associated with large windfalls from natural resources relative to other s...

Climate and socio-economic experts expressed deep concerns about the findings of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.    

“If the same trend continues at such alarming levels in change of temperatures, Bengaluru city will face acute drinking water shortage in the coming years with the reduction in water availability in the Cauvery River basin mainly due to variation in precipitation levels,” he said.

Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has declined dramatically in wealthier countries in the past three decades, but it remains endemic in many lower-resourced regions and can have significant costs to households. The objective of this study was to quantify the economic burden of RHD among Ugandans affected by RHD. Methods: This was a cross-sectional cost-of-illness study that randomly sampled 87 participants and their households from the Uganda National RHD registry between December 2018 a...

Boosting exports for South Asia July 5, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the global economy and world trade. As South Asia emerges from the worst economic performance in decades, exports can be an important engine to help foster economic recovery. In recent decades, exports have been a key catalyst in transforming many Asian economies and lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. But South Asia, one of the fastest growing subregions in the world before the pandemic, is ye...