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Health inequality is not only about who reaches a health facility. It is also about what happens once patients are inside the consultation room.
Around the world, coral reefs are suffering. But scientists in high-income nations are developing new ways to build coral resilience. We have a duty to share our skills and build capacity elsewhere.
Slow growth of exports and tourism and a resurgence of global inflation have created dollar shortages in some African economies.
As access to health care increases, there’s also a danger of getting too much of it.
Influential international actors like the World Bank and the IMF should focus on expanding social protection rather than focusing on eliminating the informal economy.
Africa is still witnessing an increase in social turbulence, unrest and protest. Only rapid, inclusive economic growth combined with good governance can make the continent less volatile.
Recent studies show that development aid to poor countries contributes in the long term to their economic growth. But the aid architecture has adapted slowly to a new reality.
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Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen
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Chair of the Board of Trustees and Head of African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies. Extraordinary Professor in the Centre of Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Senior Director, Transformation Strategies Department, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR
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Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford
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Lead - Pilot Deployments Program (AIMS); Professor (Queensland University of Technology; Adjunct), Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
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Professor of Health Economics, Global Health Economics Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor of Health Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Obstetrics at King’s College London and chair of the FIGO Preterm Birth Committee (2012-23)., King's College London
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Lecturer, University of Sierra Leone