By Sofia Monsalve and Georgina Catacora-VargasHEIDELBERG/LA PAZ  —  In October 2021, two tractors with a large chain stretched between them cleared more than 2,000 hectares of forest in the Brazilian Cerrado, one of the world’s most biodiverse areas.

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By Christiana Figueres and May BoeveSAN JOSÉ/BERKELEY — We have grown accustomed to grim climate news.

By Ilan Goldfajn and Eduardo Levy YeyatiWASHINGTON, DC — Latin America faces three major macroeconomic problems: subpar growth, fiscal deficits, and rising poverty-driven inequality.

By Kemi Adeosun, José Antonio González Anaya and Trevor ManuelMEXICO CITY  —  A healthy population is both a cause and a result of economic growth and development. But achieving both today requires policymakers to leave their comfort zones.

By Christopher Pissarides and Anu MadgavkarLONDON  —  It has always been difficult to know with certainty that someone will be a good fit for a job until she or he is in the role and actually doing the work.

By Yasmine Sherif and Gordon BrownLONDON  —  When Taliban leaders visited an elementary school in Kabul in October 2021, two months after retaking control of Afghanistan, several seven- or eight-year-old girls bravely stood up, one by one, to declare: “Our classes have

By Ian Bond and Luigi ScazzieriLONDON  —  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February was a watershed moment for European security.

By Khadyja Sy and Lindsay GlasscoDAKAR  —  Sudanese protester Alaa Salah became a symbol of her country’s revolution after standing atop a car, dressed in white and singing to her fellow demonstrators.