More than 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. fought against racial segregation in U.S. schools, Dick Startz discusses new research about the impact of segregation on today’s education achievement gaps.
Climate change presents significant risks to Africa's sustainable development objectives over the next decade. Ahmadou Aly Mbaye discusses what's at stake and outlines strategies to help the continent’s coastal areas prepare for flooding and other extreme weather events.
Over the last two decades, life expectancy has increased from 71 to 78 years, with the greatest gains coming in emerging economies. The World Bank’s Wolfgang Fengler examines this trend, along with other recent developments in global health.
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