Open defecation, anaemia, and the challenges of improving sanitation
Open defecation, which remains common in India, has many costly and terrible consequences for human health. These...
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Promoting better nutrition for adolescent girls in poor countries
Millions of children in poor countries are of low height for their age because of inadequate nutrition. But when in a...
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Designing more effective financial products for the poor
Microfinance is often heralded as a panacea for poverty in developing countries, but in order to design more effective...
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Getting unemployed urban youth into work with transport subsidies
The high costs of a job search can be a barrier to finding employment even in cities’ dense labour markets. This column...
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Rising temperatures: the impact on employment and migration in rural Mexico
Climate scientists predict that the number of extreme heat days will increase in many parts of the developing world...
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Artisanal mines: potentially positive effects on local living standards
Perhaps as much as 4% of the world’s population depends directly on artisanal mines, which produce around 20% of the...
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