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Regional gender gaps face policy conflict

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INT

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have made gender equality a top priority, but progress is slow and uneven

Economics and nationalism shape China’s foreign policy

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CHINA

China is a rising power and potential superpower, the only country that plausibly could one day equal the United States

African population boom will require inclusive growth

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AFRICA

African countries will need higher, consistent economic growth to transform their economies

Official aid is under pressure; private aid is growing

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INT

Large US budget cuts risk squeezing public foreign aid, but more private co-funding may fill some of the gap

Next two years could see new direction for China

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CHINA

The next two years will see important changes in China’s internal policies and external environment

Belt and Road's purposes differ in different regions

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CHINA

China's Belt and Road uses foreign investment as an instrument to achieve diverse region-specific goals

Policy on ‘globesity’ epidemic must shed urban bias

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INT

Approaches to tackling the rise in overweight and obese populations have tended to ignore alarming rural trends

Rising inequalities will increase climate change costs

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INT

Carbon emissions inequality between and within nations fuels internal and multilateral debates about climate funding

Ambitious plans set China's course to 2049

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CHINA

Long-term goals shape thinking of current policymakers in and outside China despite vulnerability to 'black swans'

Beijing and Washington have room for compromises

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CHINA-UNITED STATES

Partial compromises in some areas could de-escalate the current China-US confrontation in the short term