UN | Development financing trends are going in the wrong direction, the United Nations warned today. In many areas, progress has not only stalled but is reversing due to weakened global collaboration, rising trade barriers, increased geopolitical tensions, repeated climate-related shocks, and an ala...
Global Policy | Many economists dismiss the relevance of inequality (if everybody’s income goes up, who cares if inequality is up too?), and argue that only poverty alleviation should matter. This note shows that we all do care about inequality, and to hold that we should be concerned with poverty s...
Earth's Future | Prolonged droughts and increasing urban inequality create a growing risk of unprecedented water security challenges in emerging mega-cities. One such rapidly developing major urban agglomeration is Pune, India's 9th largest city. Our research shows that the combined impacts of urban...