South Asia accounted for nearly two-fifths of the world's poor, nearly half of the world's malnourished children and was home to the largest number of stunted children in 2015. Despite this, the region had made significant ...
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2020
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The COVID-19 lockdowns are projected to cause a decline in economic growth due to the restrictions on labour activities and economic production.
Economics & Business
May 15, 2020
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The evidence for that was obvious when the lights of the city were viewed from space after the Canterbury earthquakes, says disaster economist Cuong Nguyen who graduates this week with a Ph.D. in Economics.
Economics & Business
Dec 11, 2019
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African countries are hit by far fewer natural disasters compared to the rest of the world. But they suffer much more. For instance, in 2016 African countries were hit by 17% of natural disasters compared to other regions ...
Environment
Jul 24, 2019
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Suzanne Wenzel has devoted years to studying homelessness – in particular, how putting a roof over someone's head can improve their entire well-being. However, a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering ...
Social Sciences
Oct 1, 2018
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The U.S. conducted 210 atmospheric nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962, with multiple cameras capturing each event at around 2,400 frames per second. But in the decades since, around 10,000 of these films sat idle, scattered ...
General Physics
Mar 16, 2017
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Economic growth in poor countries increases along with deforestation rates, but the effect disappears in wealthier economies, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Environment
Jan 17, 2017
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A new study published in the journal Demography shows that improvements in education levels around the world have been key drivers of economic growth in developing countries that has previously been attributed to declines ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Scientists have developed a new approach for treating a deadly brain cancer that strikes 15,000 in the United States annually and for which there is no effective long-term therapy. The researchers, from Yale ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 2, 2013
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(Phys.org) —As smartphones, tablets and mobile applications (apps) continue to become more widespread, there is a rising concern among parents who have experienced unreliable content maturity ratings for mobile apps that ...
Software
May 6, 2013
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