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Blog Post
January 16, 2025
In many countries new asylum seekers are not allowed to work for a certain period of time after arriving. The UK has one of the longest such periods: 12 months. Many claim that letting asylum seekers work sooner would act as a “pull factor”, increasing the number of refugees arriving. But that is an...
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January 15, 2025
The US role in global health appears increasingly uncertain as President-elect Trump prepares to enter the White House. While his previous term provides clues about future directions, evolving dynamics with Capitol Hill and the overall budget picture will also shape the US approach. Still, if past i...
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December 12, 2024
In poorer countries examples of real success are few and far between, but one contender in recent years has been the city of Sobral in the state of Ceará in Brazil. Despite being a poorer region of the country, Sobral and Ceará shot up the ranking on domestic tests. A World Bank report from 2020 hai...
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November 27, 2024
2024 has been a great year so far for getting lead (pb) on the international agenda, with the launch by USAID and UNICEF of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future. But only a brief passing mention to 7 percent of global GDP in a set of UN documents on chemical regulation suggests that we still have ...
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October 24, 2024
The World Bank estimates that 7 in 10 children in low- and middle-income countries can’t read by age 10. The International Survey of Education Policymakers provides new data on some old theories around why learning remains in crisis. In order to really tackle the learning crisis, policymakers need t...