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African countries are increasingly coming together. A landmark free-trade agreement was concluded earlier this year. East Africa has made great progress on...

Pity the person who invests heavily in canals right before the railways start operating. You could understand, for example, why the sponsor of the...

On the 40th anniversary of the launch of China’s “reform and opening up,” the country is well on its way to recapturing its former status as the...

In the 25 years since tuberculosis (TB) was declared a global-health emergency, policymakers and health-care professionals have devoted considerable time...

The Great Chinese Famine, which peaked in 1960, was the world’s largest on record. But the effects of that famine – including its toll of more than 30...

Steve Bannon’s extensive travels in Europe this year have not drawn as much attention as they should have, given that he is the key theoretician of US...

A close reading of the World Bank's Doing Business 2019 report reveals that the world’s investment map is changing, with new areas becoming more...

Brazil’s new foreign minister, Ernesto Araújo, is on record as believing that climate change is a plot launched by “cultural Marxists” to stifle...

The need to uphold the right to education has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. Ensuring “inclusive and equitable quality education” for all is...

Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has finally taken steps to comply with a European Court of Justice (ECJ) decree ordering it to reverse some of...