Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia each lose about 11 percent of GDP annually. In our global economy, a stunted child anywhere becomes a stunted child everywhere.
An update on global public opinion on the pandemic reviews survey results from countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Gulf States.
Americans are generally distrustful of China's handling of international relations, but recent polling finds that Americans have a more negative view on China than ever before.
A Gallup Korea survey shows approval rates for South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, have been in a steady decline, prompting concern of a presidential crisis.
Several forces propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic may intersect to spin new life into more of the Midwest's still-struggling factory towns, second-tier cities, and rural hinterlands.
