Healthy oceans, healthy societies

Over recent years, there have been shocking reports of marine endangerment and plastic pollution. The threats are clear, and now urgent action is needed more than ever.Marking World Wildlife Day on March 03 with its theme "Life below water", the United Nations has stressed the need to promote and sustain...

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A truly populist idea

The postwar economic success of liberal democracies was not simply the result of letting markets flourish. The United States and European countries also embedded markets in a structure that allowed people to take the fullest advantage of them. That structure is breaking down, energising populist leaders of both the left...

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Removing obstacles to financial inclusion

Lately, financial inclusion (FI) has been dominating discussions among development practitioners. For a proper assessment, this important issue needs to be framed under two dimensions-financial literacy and consumer protection. While talking about FI, the immediate past president of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim said, "Financial inclusion allows people to...

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