Studies routinely suggest that opening the entire world to migration could increase global gross domestic product by a massive 50 to 150 percent. Of course, it would also involve more than two billion workers moving...

The Do-Able Dozen: Just a 10 percentage-point increase in the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets could save 1.3 million lives by the end of this decade.

Most people think of malaria as a problem faced only by humid, hot countries. But just over a century ago, the disease thrived as far north as Siberia and the Arctic Circle, and was endemic in 36 states of the US.

Ensuring people sleep under an insecticide-treated bednet is one of the most effective way to prevent malaria. Mosquitoes are blocked by the netting and killed by the insecticide.

Renowned author Dr Bjorn Lomborg discusses solutions to the mosquito-borne disease that has long been plaguing Africa in the latest instalment of a series exclusive to Dhaka Tribune.

We urgently need to focus on investing in the very best solutions. Improving urban tenure security, which at low costs would make hundreds of millions of people better off, is one such investment. 

In February Ralph Nordjo presented the Halftime research project for economists at UNECA. Specifically, was discussed how cost-benefit analysis can be an effective tool to help governments prioritize between differe...

Poor countries continue to fight against diseases such as tuberculosis, but we must also focus on diseases linked to tobacco, alcohol and salt.

For the majority of people in developing countries, secure property rights are a rare luxury. That could be changed.

Most people in the developed world don’t have to worry about losing the right to live where they do. If you have a deed or a rental contract, it is unlikely that someone is going to turn up tomorrow with their own p...