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In May of 2015, Bangladesh Priorities held a roundtable of sector experts to discuss the best solutions for reducing poverty in Bangladesh through increased growth and entrepreneurship. Combined with in-depth interviews and review of the 26 background studies of the 7th Five Year Plan (7FYP) and...

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In June of 2015, Bangladesh Priorities held a roundtable of sector experts to discuss the best solutions for Bangladesh’s urbanization. Combined with in-depth interviews and review of the 26 background studies of the 7th Five Year Plan (7FYP) and the Plan itself, the most notable ideas...

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In May of 2015, Bangladesh Priorities held a roundtable of sector experts to discuss the best water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) solutions for Bangladesh. Combined with in-depth interviews and review of the 26 background studies of the 7th Five Year Plan (7FYP) and the Plan itself, the most...

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Post-2015 Consensus research on conflict and violence found that violence against women cost the world $6.3 trillion every year. In an op-ed published by The Age Australia, Bjorn Lomborg discusses Australia’s fight against domestic violence. The Australian government's decision to step up its fight...

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The United Nations have approved the Global Goals but did they achieve the most good they could? Bjorn Lomborg discusses in an op-ed published by Time Ideas. After years of build-up, world leaders at the U.N. Friday set some of the most important priorities for the next 15 years, the sustainable...

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In a new op-ed published by the Huffington Post, Bjorn Lomborg discusses the top priorities for the post-2015 development agenda as selected by the participating young people of the Post-2015 Consensus Youth Forums. We worked with local partners from civil society to bring together groups of...

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The New York Times has published an article on the passing of the United Nation’s Global Goals. The article reports on the success of the passage after years of negotiations but also makes reference to the many concerns over the ambitiousness of the 17 goals, highlighting quotes from Bjorn Lomborg...

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Bjorn Lomborg met with some journalists from Africa, Latin America and South Asia in New York. The journalists were each winners of Copenhagen Consensus Center Post-2015 Journalist Scholarships which has enabled journalists from Bangladesh, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria and...

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The Los Angeles times has published an article reporting on the upcoming approval of the United Nation’s Global Goals, citing the findings of our research and quoting Bjorn Lomborg. Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish economist who has criticized the new goals as overly broad, said a narrower approach would...

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In a new article published by the Wall Street Journal, Bjorn Lomborg discusses what the United Nations should prioritize for the Agenda for Sustainable Development to do the most good for the world. Later this week, world leaders will gather in New York at the United Nations to endorse...

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