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Record Japanese government debt risk post-COVID-19 (Ippei Fujiwara, East Asia Forum)

COVID-19 has had a substantial adverse effect on the Japanese economy. Lockdowns and the suspension of business activities spurred supply shocks, and drops in...

Increasing droughts and floods on the African continent (Tamara White, Brookings)

On October 6, the World Bank Group released the October edition of its Africa’s Pulse report, its biannual macroeconomic analysis for sub-Saharan Africa. This edition...

Maintaining health information exchange competitiveness in a new health care market (Niam Yaraghi and Samantha Lai, Brookings)

The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed digital transformation in all aspects of our society, from politics and economics to education and health care systems. Unsurprisingly,...

The ruinous price for Africa of pernicious ‘perception premiums’ (Hippolyte Fofack, Brookings)

The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated one of the most important development challenges confronting Africa—the high cost of perception premiums. This paper argues for fairer...

Why the US should establish a carbon price either through reconciliation or other legislation (Sanjay Patnaik and Kelly Kennedy, Brookings)

From the start of his term, President Biden has indicated that he wishes to pursue an ambitious climate agenda. On his first day in...

Israel/Palestine: Facebook Censors Discussion of Rights Issues (HRW)

Facebook has wrongfully removed and suppressed content by Palestinians and their supporters, including about human rights abuses carried out in Israel and Palestine during the May...

Greece Activists Face Intimidation, Threats, Attacks (Eva Cossé, HRW)

A hearing held last week between the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, and human rights defenders in Greece revealed the scale of the...

Victims of North Korea’s ‘Paradise on Earth’ Campaign Demand Justice (Kanae Doi, HRW)

An historic court hearing is set to begin next week in Tokyo as five North Korean escapees in Japan seek compensation for human rights...

Microsoft: Russia Launched 58% of State-Backed Cyber Attacks (Tim Balk, New York Daily News, Government Technology)

Russia’s relentless hacking efforts accounted for 58% of all state-sponsored cyber attacks observed by Microsoft over the past year, the tech giant said Thursday,...

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