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Blog Post
October 25, 2023
Poor nutrition undermines health, education outcomes, and other measures of wellbeing. Figuring out who is undernourished and why is an essential first step in addressing the problem. But data on individual nutritional status are difficult to come by, so nutrition interventions are usually targeted ...
Blog Post
October 17, 2023
There’s not a lot of low-hanging fruit in global development. On the issues that matter most, from preventing the next pandemic to expanding migration opportunities, and financing climate adaptation, even minor progress tends to require big financial commitments and often faces deep political resist...
Blog Post
July 30, 2023
In a new paper, we examine the connection between exposure to lead—a dangerous but prevalent neurotoxicant—and children’s learning outcomes. We find that lead poisoning alone could account for more than 20 percent of the learning gap between rich and poor countries. Given the comparative ease of, sa...
Blog Post
February 16, 2023
A frustrating healthcare situation exists in many low-income countries: deaths are often due to poor quality care rather than the lack of access to care. Despite sustained investments in health service delivery and increases in the use of health services health outcomes have remained poor.
Blog Post
May 16, 2022
You’ve seen the headline; indeed, you’ve probably seen it from us. According to widely cited estimates, about one in three children around the world are lead-poisoned, or about 800 million total. This means that they have blood-lead levels exceeding 5 micrograms per deciliter, a common reference lev...
Blog Post
April 20, 2021
We applaud the Biden Administration's effort to address lead poisoning in the US. But we suggest Biden adopt an even more ambitious goal: not just national elimination, but global eradication of lead poisoning, especially in children. A global eradication campaign—modelled loosely on prior and ...