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When it comes to gender-equality aid, the US lags behind ...

Melissa Bordogna

As a portion of its aid budget, the US doesn't give a high amount to programs supporting gender equality. But in absolute dollars, the US is the largest provider of aid focused on gender equality.

Dreams of the Bottom Billion - A New Approach To Curing W...

Chandresh Chandresh

Why has the readily available and continuous wide-spread access to information not yet eradicated poverty in much of the world? Anik Singal explores how one ...

Impact investing in India could touch $6-8 billion by 202...

Chandresh Chandresh

New Delhi: Impact investments in India is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20-24 per cent to touch US$ 6-8 billion by 2025, from US$

Paul Graham on Building Companies for Fast Growth

Chandresh Chandresh

Graham's tech accelerator, Y Combinator, has minted many big hits, including Dropbox, Reddit, and Airbnb. Here's a conversation with the start-up guru.

Premier stresses gender equality, care for children - Xin...

Melissa Bordogna

Premier stresses gender equality, care for children---Premier Li Keqiang urged continued efforts to implement the basic state policy of gender equality and the principle of prioritizing the development of children's education.

AfHDR 2016 – pathways to reduce persistent gender inequality

Melissa Bordogna

Freetown November 28, 2016: The 2016 African Human Development Report (AHDR) launched today offers pathways to reducing the persistent gender inequality in Africa. The report titled “Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa,”...

Gaps in gender equality may fuel disparities in cognitive...

Melissa Bordogna

Slight gender variations in attention scores have been well documented, but a new study from Harvard Medical School suggests that these minor gaps widen significantly in places with lower gender equality.

Solar panel farm grows 17,000 tons of food without soil, ...

Susie Hutchison

A new agricultural technique may have just solved the problem of growing food in some of the world's most inhospitable places – locations that don't currently support traditional agriculture. In addition, the technique can save what are clearly...

Polar species spotted in the deep seas of the Mediterranean

Louise Mosley

A host of invasive species, including some polar species, have been spotted in the eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Lebanon, some of them wreaking havoc

Tesco and Sainsbury's ban plastic cotton buds to cut waste

Louise Mosley

UK’s two largest supermarket chains will replace the plastic stems with paper ones in all own-brand products by the end of 2017