By Diego Gambetta and Ozan Aksoy TURIN/LONDON — The latest controversy over the hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim women, erupted at the end of October.

By Mariana Mazzucato and Ilona Kickbusch LONDON/GENEVA — It beggars belief, but it’s true: In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) are still pondering whether, and by how much, they should increase their regular fina

By Sara Jane Ahmed, Alicia Barcena and Daniel TitelmanMANILA/SANTIAGO — The International Monetary Fund(IMF) seems determined to dilute one of the best examples of global cooperation in response to the economic disruptions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

By Mariana Mazzucato and Jayati GhoshLONDON — Despite multiple technological breakthroughs in the fight to control COVID-19, twice as many people died from it in 2021 compared to 2020.

By Jörg Haas and Lili FuhrBERLIN — A recent report by Goldman Sachs reached a surprising conclusion: Over the past eight years, financial markets have been increasing the cost of capital for big, long-term, high-carbon investments in sectors such as offshore oil and liquefied nat

By Justin Yifu Lin and Yan WangBEIJING — The eighth triennial forum of China-Africa cooperation was recently held in Dakar, Senegal. At past forums, China has announced large development-financing packages.

By Joseph E.

By Jesse Lastunen, Pia Rattenhuber and Rodrigo OliveiraHELSINKI — Researchers around the world have studied the labour-market effects of COVID-19 since spring 2020.

By Jonathan Ledgard and Erik MeijaardPRAGUE/NAIROBI – It will soon be possible to give a digital identity to individual wild animals whose species are at risk of extinction. Currently, these animals’ only economic value is that of their processed body parts.