Smart Development

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains what world leaders need to do to prepare for future pathogens in light of the latest failures.

Jess Ayers & Helen Mountford urge the public and private sectors to work together to scale up innovations such as heat-wave insurance.

Yi Fuxian welcomes the government's apparent recognition that a severe demographic crisis looms.

Rana Hendy & Lobna Shaheen urge policymakers to take decisive steps to address the inequalities fueling the rise in cesarean deliveries.

Soumya Swaminathan & Christa Hasenkopf call for an authoritative global accounting of the world’s single greatest external risk to human health.

Gordon Brown condemns European populists’ failure to heed the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yasmine Sherif urges public- and private-sector donors to increase funding for non-formal schooling in the country.

Gro Harlem Brundtland urges global leaders to focus on improving – instead of just paying lip service to – global equity.

Nurul Izzah Anwar urges regional cooperation and greater local capacity to combat infectious and non-communicable diseases.