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Inequality will deepen global health divide

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INTERNATIONAL

Health and income inequality correlation.

Income distribution gains will slow in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Income inequality in Latin America.

Brazilian nutrition policies have wide application

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BRAZIL/INT

Globally, undernutrition remains stubbornly high, even as overnutrition rises: an estimated 800 million people are calorie deficient and around 2 billion experience micronutrient…

Africa's poverty reduction goals are ambitious

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AFRICA

Outlook for poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

COVID-19 may hit less resilient EU eastern areas more

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EU

At least in the EU’s eleven eastern member states (EU-11), there has been significant if slow progress in lifting standards of living across the board in the past decade…

Lebanese health and education woes risk instability

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LEBANON

This is having highly negative economic and social consequences, with problematic implications for long-term growth and stability. The country’s already extreme inequality is…

Nigeria faces widening inequality and poverty crises

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NIGERIA

With the economy expected to contract by at least 5.4% this year, government measures to cushion the effects of the crisis are unlikely to be enough to stem worsening hardship for…

Debate deepens among stagnationists and technologists

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INTERNATIONAL

Secular stagnation.

Chile's economic rebound will not reverse COVID impact

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CHILE

According to most forecasts, growth this year will approximately make up the ground lost in 2020, but with the important risk of lagged social effects.

Factors encouraging Lithuanians to emigrate will fall

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LITHUANIA

Before COVID-19 intervened, economic growth, rising wages, the development of high-tech sectors and Brexit were encouraging immigration. In 2019, 51% of immigrants were…