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Better Infrastructure Would Cut Food Waste

Sara Schonhardt of the Wall Street Journal writes an illuminating article reporting on the main findings from our food security assessment paper.  According to a recent study by the Copenhagen Consensus Center, a th...

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Gender Equality as a Development Goal

In his February contribution to project syndicate, Bjorn Lomborg discusses how gender equality can be addressed within the post-2015 development agenda.

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Post-2015 Agenda should address disparity in gender equality efforts – Youth

Ghana News Agency reports on the first of 15 youth forums to be hosted at Regent University College of Science and Technology in Ghana.  Students at the Regent University College of Science and Technology in Accra, ...

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Post-2015 Consensus Youth Forum Kick Off

Students from Regent University College of Science and Technology in Ghana kicked off the inaugural Post-2015 Consensus Youth Forum. Present to facilitate the forum were Mr. Nelson Amo and Mr. Douglas Quartey, the P...

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Investments in water in poor nations give big benefits: World Bank

Reuters has released a new article which reports on the findings from our research series on water and sanitation targets for the post-2015 development agenda.  Overall, building toilets to eliminate defecation outs...

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Build better roads in developing world to bolster food supplies

Reuters has released an article which discusses the findings for Food Security and Nutrition. A total of $239 billion invested over the next 15 years, in road and railway connections to connect farms to markets and ...

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Strengthen Health Systems To Reduce Premature Deaths

Low-income countries, where the world's poorest one billion live, will spend a measly $14 per person on public health care this year. So what are the smartest post-2015 targets for health? Bjorn Lomborg discusses on...

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The economics of optimism

The debate heats up about what goals the world should set itself for 2030 The Economist has featured the work of the Post-2015 Consensus project. The article gives an overview of some of the most bang-for-the-buck t...

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How can U.N. measure if better governance programs work?

Reuters has published an article reporting on the findings from our research on governance targets for the post-2015 development agenda.  The article entitled “How can U.N. measure if better governance programs work...

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Ebola kills far fewer than Aids, TB and malaria. What should we prioritize?

The Guardian has published an article by Bjorn Lomborg which reports on the findings from our research on post-2015 health targets in regard to infectious diseases. 

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