The Puzzle of Economic Progress
Do we know how economies develop? Obviously not, it seems, or otherwise every country would be doing better than it currently is in these...
Technology on the Frontline for Girls
Today, 1.4 billion girls and women live in countries that are failing on gender equality, in areas ranging from education and decent work to...
Wrong Way to Educate Girls
Recent decades have brought significant progress toward a more just and equal world in areas such as poverty reduction, immunization, and life expectancy. But...
Alternatives to a weaponized Dollar
In today’s world, access to global networks is a critical source of power, but the resulting interdependence can also generate vulnerability. The power flows...
How can developing countries pay for the SDGs?
With objectives as far-reaching as ending poverty in all its forms and delivering quality education to all by 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
Fork is Mightier than the Wall
The word ‘migration’ conjures images of war, natural disaster, and severe economic distress. All are important reasons why people seek refuge far from home....
An Education Crisis for All
Aichetou, a 14-year-old girl, lives on the outskirts of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in Africa’s Sahel region. Every day, she makes a difficult...
How an AI Utopia would work
It is more than 500 years since Sir Thomas More found inspiration for the ‘Kingdom of Utopia’ while strolling the streets of Antwerp. So,...
Regulating the Internet
The only topic uniting right and left in the United States these days is ‘techlash’: everyone seems to agree that the time has come...
Developing countries can achieve universal health coverage
Virtually every country worldwide has committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. But...
