The Mandalika project may be the precursor to broader human rights and labour concerns around Chinese investment in South-East Asia.

Mexico ranks first in the world in childhood obesity and second in adult obesity. Until recently, studies addressing the causes of obesity have focused on the poor choices made by individuals, but have rarely looked at the obesogenic [...]

As the world begins to return to normalcy against the backdrop of an ongoing health crisis, mental health issues are on the rise.

While Africa, led by Côte d’Ivoire, currently produces 90 per cent of the world’s raw cashew nuts, less than 15 per cent are processed on the continent. The majority of production is exported to Asia. Relocating cashew nut processing to African countries would mean an important new source of [...]

Environmental campaigners say that the new airport plan is at odds with the government’s commitment to reduce emissions and become carbon neutral by 2050.

The land-locked country of Paraguay, located in the geographic heart of South America, has the continent’s lowest Covid vaccination rate and one of its worst health systems. Fed up, Paraguayans have taken to the streets in numbers rarely seen over the last [...]

This health, economic and social pandemic has shown the need for strengthened welfare states, and the political risks associated with weakening them, as well the need to build welfare states where they do not exist in order to avoid permanent conflicts and the crisis of dislocated [...]

Rental intermediation allows the state, or an approved association, to guarantee private landlords that the rent will be paid on one hand, and to offer tenants affordable rent on the other.

The billions that the most powerful corporations avoid paying in taxes are crucial for a just economic recovery in the post-pandemic era. The G20’s stance on global tax justice will be decisive in turning the tide.

In a country where the need for education is enormous and families have little income, the idea of tuition-free schooling should enjoy unanimous support. Instead, the government’s initiative has been met with strikes. Parents and teachers are concerned about the conditions under which the [...]