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AFP, one of the world's three largest international news agencies has published an article entitled “WTO Doha deal would make world $11-trillion richer by 2030: Economists” which reports on the findings from our research papers on trade targets for the post-2015 development agenda. Economists...

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When we think about development priorities, we think of disease, nutrition and education, but actually illicit financial flows is a big player. In fact, 20 sub-Saharan Africa countries have lost more than 10% of their GDPs every year since 1980 to illicit financial flows but not many of us know...

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Economic Times, India’s largest business newspaper has published an op-ed article by Bjorn Lomborg which addresses the world’s hunger problem. While the world is on track to meet the millennium development goal of halving the proportion of people suffering from hunger, nutrition will remain a...

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We're pleased to announce that 20 major newspapers around the world will be publishing articles discussing the findings of our reports from each of the 18 topic areas . The list includes news sources such as the Mail & Guardian, the oldest quality newspaper in South Africa. In addition to:...

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The Telegraph UK has published an op-ed by Bjorn Lomborg in which Bjorn gives a great over view of the UN's post-2015 development agenda and discusses the core findings from seven of our research areas including: Population and Demography Illicit Financial Flows Conflict and Violence Science and...

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Morten Jerven author of our assessment paper for Data for Development has written a great article for the Huffington Post. In the article Jerven illustrates why improved data monitoring will be so important for the post-2015 SDGs. I propose two ground rules for debating SDGs. First, for every...

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Time.com has published an op-ed article by Bjorn Lomborg discussing the findings from our recent set of research papers focused on Energy. The key message of the report: increasing access to modern energy is an important driver of development and could save millions of lives each year by reducing...

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“Here’s $2.5 trillion. You have 15 years to spend it. How do you distribute this money in a way that will achieve the most good for the world?” This is the question Bjorn Lomborg discusses on a recent freakonomics podcast. Freakonomics podcast –the podcast that explores the hidden side of...

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The Guardian has published Bjorn’s Lomborg’s latest op-ed which dicusses the findings from the Copenhagen Center’s latest set of research papers focused on the UN ‘data revolution’. The article begs the questions Have we met the millennium development goals? Which targets are closest? As Bjorn...

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Reuters has published a new article which reports on the findings from our research on Data for Development targets for the post-2015 development agenda. The report by Morten Jerven, a development expert at Simon Fraser University in Canada, estimated that each new target would cost $1.5 billion if...

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