China’s exceptional growth in recent decades has influenced the education and career choices of young people and their families. But now that high-skilled jobs are drying up and recent graduates are struggling to find work, there is a growing mismatch between expectations and new realities.
argues that the rise in joblessness among young people does not spell economic apocalypse for China.
Since 1960, only a few countries in Latin America have narrowed the gap between their per capita income and that of the United States, while most of the region has lagged far behind. Making up for lost ground will require a coordinated effort, involving both technocratic tinkering and bold political leadership.
explain what it will take finally to achieve economic convergence with advanced economies.
阿布扎比—所有人都不应该因为可预防疾病而死。但可预防疾病每年要杀死两百万儿童,其中许多人是因为太穷而无力承担合适的医治。这些死亡案例大多要么原本可以用已有医药治好,好么从一开始就可以避免。
疟疾就是这些疾病之一,它是一种由蚊子传播的可致命疾病。不到一百年前,全球各国家庭——包括北美和欧洲——都因此而害怕被蚊子叮咬。疟疾不但会导致儿童和成人死亡;还会导致贫困永久化、遏制全球经济增长,使数百万人的潜力得不到充分发挥。
如今,已有30多个国家消灭了疟原虫,另有至少十个国家正在努力在2020年实现这一目标。尽管如此,疟疾仍然是撒哈拉以南非洲地区五岁以下儿童的主要死因,没两分钟就要夺走一名儿童的生命。疟疾也十分昂贵,给非洲经济造成大约每年120亿美元的成本
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