By Alicia García-Herrero and Elina Ribakova, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute COVID-19 is by far the biggest challenge policymakers in emerging economies have had to deal with in recent history. Beyond the potentially large negative impact on these countries’ fiscal accounts, and the related solvency issues, worsening conditions for these countries’ external funding are […]
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Leprosy Is Still A Threat – But We Can End It
Though it has often been overshadowed by other diseases, the ancient scourge of leprosy is still afflicting humanity—but we have all the tools we need to end it, notes Dr. Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, in a new article published by Health Affairs, titled “One Step Closer To Ending Leprosy.” […]
Is there a more rational (and humane) way to evaluate development outcomes?
“Alternatives to the New Scientism in Development Economics” By Matt Warner, courtesy of Atlas Network When Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo were announced as two of this year’s Nobel Prize winners, it prompted a fresh flurry of public critiques of their work in development economics. From voices as diverse as Oxfam’s Duncan Green […]
Overturning trade preferences would hurt U.S. consumers, undercut developing countries
U.S. retailers and clothing brands are asking Congress to overturn the bipartisan foundation of our economic partnership with Africa, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a bipartisan effort to help unlock the continent’s vast potential, warn Whitaker Group CEO Rosa Whitaker and former US Textile Negotiator Gail Strickler in an op-ed published […]
Drones have already saved tens of thousands of lives
“Beyond Visual Line of Sight: The Future of Drones in Healthcare” By Davis Warnell, courtesy of Mercatus Center On October 1st, UPS Flight Forward, Inc.—a subsidiary of United Parcel Service (UPS)—announced that it had received the first full “Part 135 Standard” certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]
Diabetes Breakthrough Signals Need For New Treatment Approach
A major breakthrough in the clinical approach to type 2 diabetes holds out hope that newly diagnosed individuals can avoid many of the disease’s worst effects for far longer, according to Sir Michael Hirst and Dr. Päivi Maria Paldánius writing in CapX. Based on […]
Basic eye care could save sight of over 1 billion people
Over one billion people are at risk of losing their sight, the vast majority in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new report from the WHO, which urges that many of these people could be saved from vision loss with basic eye care. […]
Combo Therapy Offers Better Control of Diabetes, Study Suggests
This week brought exciting news for type 2 diabetes patients as well as the medical and public health professionals who are working to control this potentially deadly disease: a new study published in The Lancet suggests that using two common drugs for controlling diabetes […]
TES Weekly Update: Diabetes breakthrough promises healthier lives for millions
Editor’s Note: And undermining IP laws promises opposite Have you ever noticed that “fake news” almost always means bad news? Of course it’s taken for granted that “real news” usually means the same. Well, here’s that rarest of treasures, a piece of news that is both real and good, which frankly everyone should be […]
We need more globalization, not less
After years when it was presented as an inevitable trend, globalization now seems to be everyone’s favorite political whipping boy, blamed for everything from rising inequality and unchecked immigration to global warming and fake news. But ending or even reversing globalization by erecting trade barriers would have a […]