Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are often associated with illegal activities, such as money laundering, tax evasion, corruption, smuggling, human trafficking, and terrorism financing. Combatting IFFs is high on the agenda of international policy makers, and it is one of the targets of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).1 Developing countries are most vulnerable to […]
Central American countries and the Dominican Republic are at a critical juncture for the transformation of their economies, creation of new jobs, and consequently the alleviation of poverty. To achieve this, they must embrace technological progress. However, in order to seize this opportunity, human capital must be developed and there must be greater deployment of […]
There is a silent environmental crisis unfolding around us. Chemicals, such as lead and nitrogen, are in our soil, our water supply, and our household products, often going unseen but with dire results. We have only begun to understand the true magnitude of lead poisoning, for example, its impacts on cardiovascular disease and on our […]