Over the past couple decades, data collection efforts on women’s exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) have improved immensely due to the inclusion of the domestic violence module in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Data collected from this DHS domestic violence module are crucial for informing anti-violence program, policy, and advocacy efforts. For LMICs (see […]
The world’s largest economies are intensifying their efforts to address the existential threat of climate change through green subsidies, carbon pricing, and regulation. These initiatives are both necessary and welcome, but they will reshape global demand for goods and services in ways that affect the economic prospects of developing countries, which rely on international trade […]
Delegates at COP16 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Riyadh have been working to tackle the critical challenge of preserving soil health while feeding the world, with 10 billion mouths to feed by 2050. This COP could accelerate action on land, drought resilience and the green transition across the world. Land restoration is a […]
External debt of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) touched a record US$8.8 trillion in 2023, while debt servicing costs for LMICs also reached an all-time high. That’s according to the 2024 edition of the International Debt Report, the World Bank’s premier annual publication on debt. For five decades the IDR, along with the associated International Debt Statistics (IDS) database, […]
