NEW DELHI — There is no denying that plastics have delivered tremendous benefits over the past century, driving technological innovation, transforming healthcare, and fueling global economic growth.

 NEW DELHI — Imagine a scenario where a private company effectively creates and controls its own jurisdiction within a sovereign country. This company introduces its own currency, enacts laws, and establishes courts, prisons, police forces and even intelligence services.

 NEW DELHI — While the technical details of international agreements may seem arcane or even trivial, they often commit governments to policies that have major economic consequences.

WDELHI — India seems to be everyone’s favorite growth story nowadays. Despite valid concerns about the accuracy of official statistics, the Indian economy is projected to expand by 6.3 per cent in 2024, an undeniably remarkable feat given that its GDP exceeds $4.1 trillion.

NEW DELHI — The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai is an opportunity to reflect on what these large, costly, and carbon-intensive international summits aim to achieve.

NEW DELHI — Among the multiple crises that have erupted around the world, the avoidable tragedy of growing hunger receives only fleeting mention.

NEW DELHI — In recent years, soaring food prices and the growing frequency and intensity of floods, droughts, and other extreme weather events have prompted warnings of a looming grain shortage, potentially spelling disaster for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations

NEW DELHI — With much of the developing world teetering on the edge of a debt crisis, the calls for a new issuance of special drawing rights (SDRs, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) reserve asset), have grown louder and more urgent.

NEW DELHI — The global food system is broken.