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The United States was the first great free trade zone of the modern age, a fact that accounts for the economic efficiency and prosperity that has made it the largest economy in the world. The freedom to trade without hindrance across a continent-spanning market, which has underpinned America’s rapid development, has in modern times been emulated by groups of nations such as the European Union and promoted worldwide through multilateral organizations like the World Trade Organization (WTO).

After Fiji, Samoa is the biggest source of Pacific migrants to Australia. Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran show that 96% of all Samoan migrants to Australia come via New Zealand.

In November 2022, more than 45,000 world leaders and climate activists convened in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the preeminent international climate conference, COP27. Indeed, climate action – and the myriad of issues impacted by climate change...

The MCAs must not be weighed down with earmarks, prohibitions, andpriorities that don't contribute to development efforts. Instead, the agency chosen to oversee the MCA funds should have thediscretion to target a small number of countries with proven trackrecords in embracing policies that lead to economic growth.

Despite development assistance (often at extremely subsidized interest rates and generous repayment schedules), sub-Saharan Africa has performed dismally on various economic indicators.Developing countries must make their own internal reforms byimplementing policies that promote economic freedom, which, inturn, are known to be associated with higher levels of economicgrowth.

The realization of the fact that rules of the game are changing could, in principle, in itself become an incentive for everyone to sit down and talk. But

Currently, the government seems to prefer shielding firms from import competition

In October 2017, I wrote an article in this newspaper titled “Ten ‘indie’ development indicators”.

It is well known that certain ethnic groups are routinely underrepresented in global clinical trials. But another data set now shows that some of...

The remote island has the most adult smokers in the world for its tiny population. Almost half the people here smoke. But in two African countries less than 5 per cent light up a cigarette every day.