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The latest research series from The Post-2015 Consensus' asks how we can feed the over 800 million people who go to bed hungry every night.
The world faces many problems, and…
Karl Muth explores the seasonal determinants of violence in Chicago.
My friend Tom Kirk and I spent some time exploring Chicago two summers ago. At the time, we both had recent…
The thirteenth research series from The Post-2015 Consensus' asks how we can improve women’s health and save more than 14m children from dying before 2030?
We have…
Karl Muth on the importance of measuring the unmeasurable.
Conceptual measurement is enormously important in public policy. Many policy decisions are made on the basis of things…
The twelfth research series from The Post-2015 Consensus' is focused on Infrastructure targets for the post-2015 development agenda. Professor Emmanuelle Auriol and Alexia Lee…
The Post-2015 Consensus' eleventh set of papers explore the value of gender equality, and what it may mean for society at large.
The Copenhagen Consensus Center has just…
When does poverty end for an individual or country?
The UN debate on ending global poverty and the forthcoming sustainable development goals has tended to focus on very poor…
Karl Muth outlines why hip-hop artists should seriously consider unionizing, but probably won’t.
I’ve been a fan of hip-hop, and particularly West Coast hip-hop, for a…
Cornelius Adebahr unpicks Federica Mogherini’s return to Washington in the shadow of Russia.
Closing in on the first 100 days in office, Federica Mogherini, embarked on her first…
Karl Muth exlores the demographics of question and answer website Quora.
I make no secret of how I spend my spare time. Much of it is spent reading. Much of the rest is spent on…