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Impact investing will build more momentum worldwide

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INTERNATIONAL

Impact investment.

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

Oil development will challenge Guyana's institutions

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GUYANA

The institutional challenges of an oil bonanza.

Foreign policies are adopting gender goals, but slowly

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INT

This trend is paralleled by an increase in other types of gender equality policies being promoted in the development, diplomatic, security and trade sectors in numerous other…

Saudi bureaucratic lag will hamper change

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SAUDI ARABIA

The state is central both in the economy and in the lives of citizens. Government has been the key driver of economic diversification, but it also poses major obstacles to private…

Low-income health needs more than isolated innovation

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INTERNATIONAL

Innovating in healthcare.

West Africa faces a future of recurring intense heat

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WEST AFRICA

The researchers found that the heatwave would likely not have occurred if global temperatures remained at pre-industrial levels. Several factors worsened the heatwave’s impact and…

Global investment prospects face multiple risks

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INTERNATIONAL

The research highlights increasing corporate power, and tariff and non-tariff barriers, and raises the prospect that if unchecked these trends will reduce investment and trade…

Biometrics use is fuelling privacy concerns

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INT

Data such as DNA, blood and saliva may also be used, typically in medical and legal settings. While the use of such identification increases, concerns about abuses of the most…

Drought throws spotlight on Chile’s water stewardship

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CHILE

The poor, and small farmers, are the worst hit. Conflicts over the precious resource are impacting the mining and agricultural sectors. Agriculture represents 72% of water use…