A majority of developing countries are facing debt distress, and their financing problems are sure to grow worse as global financial conditions continue to tighten. The moment is quickly approaching when the world will have to decide between two futures for development finance.
see two options for addressing debt distress in developing countries now that financial conditions have soured.
Poor countries should not be significantly affected by the loss of Ukrainian agricultural products. While Russia’s war has undoubtedly caused real problems in global food markets, they are different and more complex than what most news coverage suggests.
thinks the headlines attributing shortages to Russia’s war are ignoring a raft of other factors.
An underground war is erupting in Ukraine's occupied cities, towns, and villages, as artillery duels between Ukrainian forces and Russia’s much larger army transform the eastern Donbas region into a wasteland.
As the war drags on, the history of armed resistance to the Nazi occupation of Europe during World War II reads like a prophecy of the partisan struggle now under way.
draws a direct line from Europe's anti-Nazi underground armies of World War II to Ukraine's partisan war today.
After losing the Republican primary, and thus her US House seat, Liz Cheney announced the formation of a new political action committee and suggested that she might run for president, all part of her effort to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. She is channeling the oppositional zeal that political disillusion often fuels.
considers the implications of Liz Cheney’s primary loss for the GOP and American democracy.
华盛顿特区—当新冠 封锁开始时，可负担的托儿服务的重要性对于很多人来说突然变得清晰了，尤其是职业妇女。去年，妇女在提供额外的无偿托儿服务上花费的时间是男性的三倍，因此损失了大约 8000亿美元的收入。在低收入和中等收入国家，托儿服务提供的性别差距更大。例如，在印度，妇女提供的无偿托儿服务是男性的十倍。
自疫情开始以来，世界上最富裕的国家一直在寻求加强其国内托儿基础设施并扩大普及。但如果这些国家真的想改善全球妇女的经济前景，还必须投资于海外托儿项目。
即使在疫情爆发前，许多高收入国家也可以广泛普及优质托儿服务。加拿大每月为家庭提供可观的津贴以补贴费用。冰岛提供全民学前教育，丹麦允许新父母缩短工作时间，同时保留他们的工作、工资、医保和其他福利。瑞典家长有权以大约 80% 的工资享受 480 天的假期，可以在孩子八岁生日之前的任何时候使用。
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