by Geovanny Vicente Romero | Al Jazeera (Al Jazeera)- Earlier today, Luis Abinader was sworn in as the 54th…
Año: 2020
5 Years of Climate Leadership: The World Bank Group’s First Climate Action Plan
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Technology to set food systems on a better course
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New Analysis Shows Gulf Coast States Among Hardest Hit By Proposal To Ban Federal Leasing And Offshore Development
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2020 – The Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA), Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and…
President Donald J. Trump Approves Puerto Rico Disaster Declaration
Washington, D.C., September 10, 2020.- The President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists…
How Strong Infrastructure Governance Can End Waste in Public Investment
COVID-19 has had a profound impact on people, firms, and economies all over the world. While…
Director appointed for new National Mouse Genetics Network
The Medical Research Council is investing more than £20m in this new Network to accelerate our…
The new poor are different: Who they are and why it matters
The latest World Bank Group projections suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic crisis could…
Power of capital markets in the battle against COVID-19
I can’t remember a time in my life when a single event has mobilized the entire…
The State of Working Women: Marking a Milestone Even as the Pandemic Takes New Toll
This week we celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the constitutional…