Air quality is improving in one of the continent’s fastest-growing regions, researchers have found. If the trend can be sustained, it would be good news for human health and climate change.
Tag: Economic Conditions and Trends
Margaret C. Snyder, the U.N.’s ‘First Feminist,’ Dies at 91
Inspired by her liberal Roman Catholic upbringing, she refocused the organization’s development efforts to include women’s empowerment.
Margaret C. Snyder, the U.N.’s ‘First Feminist,’ Dies at 91
Inspired by her liberal Roman Catholic upbringing, she refocused the organization’s development efforts to include women’s empowerment.
Mario Draghi Saved the Euro. Can He Now Save Italy?
Mario Draghi has broad support as he tries to form a new government and restore Italy’s credibility and clout in Brussels. But Italian politics is a dangerous place for an enigmatic technocrat.
Myanmar’s Army Is Back in Charge. It Never Truly Left.
With the coup, the generals are ripping apart their prized project: a democratic front for a political system that still heavily favored them.
Modi’s Budget for India Reflects Stark Choices
Health care and infrastructure spending received significant increases, but fears about inflation could hold back efforts to get the economy surging again.
Russia’s Economic Slump Erodes Consensus That Shielded Putin
The rally-around-the-flag effect of President Vladimir V. Putin’s assertive foreign policy known as the Crimea consensus is unraveling with the economy.
If Poor Countries Go Unvaccinated, a Study Says, Rich Ones Will Pay
A failure to distribute the Covid-19 vaccine in poor nations will worsen economic damage, with half the costs borne by wealthy countries, new research shows.
China Expands Grad Schools as the Young Seek Jobs
The government is expanding university capacity, but some young people worry that the option will only postpone a crisis stemming from a shortage of well-paying work.
Most Major Economies Are Shrinking. Not China’s.
The Chinese economy grew 2.3 percent last year, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics announced on Monday in Beijing.