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Secure Property Rights Could Reshape Africa's Future

Apr 22 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      7877 Views

Most people in the developed world do not have to worry about losing the right to live where they do. Having a deed or a rental contract, it is unlikely that someone would turn up with their paperwork and kick...

Battling Chronic Killers of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Salt

Apr 15 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      5877 Views

Over the course of the 20th Century, tobacco smoking killed around 100 million people, most of whom lived in today's rich countries. However, that picture is changing, and the health burdens of smoking are now...

The Power of Free Trade to Transform Lives

Supporting free trade appears to be out of fashion. It has been blamed for job losses and all but abandoned by policymakers in rich countries. Over the past century, trade had increased as a percentage of the global economy, but this peaked around the global financial crisis. It...

Apr 9 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      7123 Views

Child Stunting: The Unabated Global Malnutrition

Of all our global promises for development that we are on track to fail by 2030 — one of the most tragic and infuriating is our limited progress on ending global malnutrition. Yet, achieving a drastic reduction in hunger is certainly within our grasp. We measure chronic maln...

Apr 1 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      4710 Views

Tuberculosis: The Unseen Pandemic Ravaging the World's Poor

The infectious disease that killed the most people last year is one we have heard almost nothing about: tuberculosis. In 2022, it likely claimed 1.4 million lives, more than the total toll of COVID. And yet, in rich countries - where virtually nobody dies from tuberculosis any lo...

Mar 25 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      4525 Views

E-Procurement Promises Billions in Savings, a Blow to Global Graft

Corruption is an enormous, global challenge, likely costing more than one trillion dollars annually, or 120 dollars for everyone globally. World leaders have long promised to tamp down on corruption. Unfortunately, we are getting nowhere. A newly released research identifies a...

Mar 18 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      7525 Views

The Power of Free Trade to Transform Lives

Supporting free trade appears to be out of fashion. It has been blamed for job losses and all but abandoned by policymakers in rich countries. Over the past century, trade had increased as a percentage of the global economy, but this peaked around the global financial crisis. It...

Apr 9 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      7123 Views

Child Stunting: The Unabated Global Malnutrition

Of all our global promises for development that we are on track to fail by 2030 — one of the most tragic and infuriating is our limited progress on ending global malnutrition. Yet, achieving a drastic reduction in hunger is certainly within our grasp. We measure chronic maln...

Apr 1 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      4710 Views

Tuberculosis: The Unseen Pandemic Ravaging the World's Poor

The infectious disease that killed the most people last year is one we have heard almost nothing about: tuberculosis. In 2022, it likely claimed 1.4 million lives, more than the total toll of COVID. And yet, in rich countries - where virtually nobody dies from tuberculosis any lo...

Mar 25 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      4525 Views

E-Procurement Promises Billions in Savings, a Blow to Global Graft

Corruption is an enormous, global challenge, likely costing more than one trillion dollars annually, or 120 dollars for everyone globally. World leaders have long promised to tamp down on corruption. Unfortunately, we are getting nowhere. A newly released research identifies a...

Mar 18 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      7525 Views

Unlocking the Economic Power of Maternal, Newborn Health

Almost a decade ago, world leaders promised to fix maternal and newborn health, along with hunger, peace, education, and virtually every other major problem by 2030 in what has become known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unfortunately, we are far off-track on almost...

Mar 11 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      7122 Views

How Increasing Global Vaccinations Can Save Half a Million Lives

Vaccination is one of the true wonders of humanity, having saved more lives than any other medical invention and providing population-level control of diseases that once ran rampant. Yet, we often fail to appreciate how fundamentally they have changed human life for the better. ...

Mar 4 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      7072 Views

Time for Green Revolution's Second Edition

One of humanity's most significant achievements in the last century was increasing food production. In the 100 years to 2000, there was a six-fold increase in crop harvests. The global population increased less than four-fold; ordinary people today could have around 50pc more foo...

Feb 25 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      6200 Views

The World Falters on the Poor: How to Fix It?

In 2000, something remarkable happened: the world came together and committed to a short list of ambitious targets, which became known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The objectives — to reduce poverty, fight disease and keep kids in school — essentially boiled do...

Feb 18 , 2023      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      6260 Views

Dollar Depreciation Good News for Global Growth

Investors typically view the US Dollar's exchange rate through a Federal Reserve-centric lens. Yet while the Fed's aggressive rate-hiking cycle clearly worked in the Dollar's favour last year; the greenback owed its hyperbolic 25pc appreciation primarily to inflation and geopo...

Feb 11 , 2023      |      By Gene Frieda      |      6153 Views

Three Cheers for Hybrid Work

There is no shortage of hyperbole in the debate about whether companies should demand a full return to office work. According to Citadel's Ken Griffin, the hedge fund owes its record-breaking 16 billion dollars haul last year to its staff's full-time presence in the office. But s...

Feb 4 , 2023      |      By Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg      |      4724 Views


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Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

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