Many low and middle-income countries face a myriad of challenges. But policies that can address them are few and far between. The challenges include high and rising inequality, budget crises and the ongoing pandemic.
Economics & Business
Nov 8, 2021
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A special committee of California lawmakers gathered Tuesday, for the first time in five years, to discuss sea level rise and what the state needs to do to better prepare coastal communities from devastating loss.
Environment
Dec 5, 2019
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If you like to walk in the woods, raft a river, dig in a garden or look at butterflies, you could become an agent of change.
Environment
Nov 14, 2019
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As Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for their first 2020 primary debate this week, 74 medical and public health groups aligned on Monday to push for a series of consensus commitments to combat climate change, bluntly ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2019
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New research that innovatively integrates empirical and theoretical work from economics and psychology shows how rising economic inequality makes upward mobility feel less possible among disadvantaged youth, and produces ...
Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2019
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An American business group appealed to China on Wednesday to improve online security and ease restrictions on Web use by companies, warning that deteriorating access speeds might discourage foreign investment.
Internet
Apr 24, 2013
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The European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL) has launched a white paper with science-based recommendations for how to conduct investigative interviews with children in legal settings.
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2024
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Liyan Shi, an assistant professor of economics in the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, argued in a study published in Econometrica that noncompete agreements harm the economy. She suggested that a ...
Economics & Business
May 30, 2024
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A pair of University of Waterloo flood disaster experts have published an analysis on the federal government's national flood insurance program that finds the proposed plan can do more to make insurance abundant and affordable ...
Economics & Business
May 13, 2024
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I am part of a research group looking at queer joy and the ways it is expressed online. We're trying to establish ways to make more of it happen.
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2024
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