Improving urban tenure security would make hundrends of millions of people better off. Renowned author Dr Bjorn Lomborg discusses the intricacies of land rights in the latest instalment of a series exclusive to Dhak...

The deaths of thousands of women and infants annually could be avoided for a surprisingly small cost. Multi-micronutrient supplements could prevent about seven per cent of almost 700,000 still-births, 21 per cent of...

Over the course of the 20th Century, tobacco smoking killed around 100 million people, most of whom lived in today’s rich countries. However, that picture is changing, and the health burdens of smoking are now movin...

Addressing chronic disease risks in poor countries would make a huge difference to our world.

NCDs are claiming more lives everywhere while receiving a fraction of health funding.

We measure chronic malnutrition in stunting; children are so underfed that they are much shorter than their peers of the same age. Stunting decreases children's survival chances, with 2.7 million globally dying year...

Opposition to trade also means dismissing the fantastic opportunities that trade brings to the poorer half of the world.

Meeting was held with about a 15 member team of the NPC which was chaired by the Commissioner General, Batho Christopher Molomo. Ralph Nordjo and Saleema Razvi travelled to Gaborone to discuss the way forward follow...

If we grow global trade by a mere five per cent, the benefits to mankind will be $11 trillion. In this eighth instalment of The Do-able Dozen: Development projects for 2030 and beyond, Bjorn Lomborg explains how fre...