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Big tech scrutiny is taking different forms globally

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These concerns extend far beyond the United States, with several countries conducting similar investigations, albeit using different approaches.

Digital divides impede 'edtech' in developing world

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While access to schools has expanded in low- and middle-income countries in recent decades, learning outcomes have not seen a corresponding improvement. The onset of school…

Global sustainability market will expand despite COVID

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There are major regional differences in how governments and companies from developed and developing countries perform on sustainability. Even so, policy efforts by some large…

Static illicit drug use calls for new global strategy

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The level of drug use globally and its impacts.

Pandemic prompts narcotics shifts in Latin America

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Global pandemic and Latin American narcotics.

Cocaine seizures will not dent buoyant global market

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Ecuador, Paraguay, and Spain are among the countries reporting major hauls, with consignments typically hidden in banana shipments. The volume of seizures demonstrates the…

Latin America risks another lost decade

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The health crisis, national lockdowns and a global recession have combined to create a difficult environment in Latin America, while governments’ responses to the pandemic have…

Fungus raises fears for Latin American banana crop

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Banana fungus.

Global narcotics consumption moves toward 'polydrugs'

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Global state of drugs.

Drugs report paints gloomy global picture

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The 2018 World Drug Report.