The World Development Report 2024 identifies what developing economies can do to avoid the “middle-income trap.” Lower-middle-income countries must go beyond investment-driven strategies—they must ...

Drawing on the development experience and advances in economic analysis since the 1950s, World Development Report 2024 identifies what developing economies can do to avoid the “middle-income trap.” ...

Decreased intestinal barrier integrity contributes to progression of digestive system tumors. Here the authors report the design and characterization of enterocyte-mimetic butyrate-loaded ...

Closures of the Strait of Hormuz transmit immediate economic shocks into cities, and drive increasing costs across transport, food and housing. Without targeted social protection and rapid ...

Irish Independent since 1997 and has written 11 books, including four best-sellers. Three were later used in TV documentaries. He was born in Cork but raised until the age of seven in New York when ...