Study warns against Chinese ‘Belt and Road’ investment
The risks and costs associated with Chinese infrastructure projects are greater than they first appear, a new report says.
How will we feed 9 billion people in 2050?
The world population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. Simple, smart investments in agricultural production can ensure food security for all of them.
How U.S. aid avoids ‘debt-trap diplomacy’
Sometimes foreign loans and investment come with strings attached.
Want to help end poverty? There’s an app for that.
How can I best help the poor? Could I survive as a refugee? The British website Training Zone picked five mobile learning apps that...
Coffee can generate electricity
ECPA was created at the 2012 Summit of the Americas to help provide universal electricity to Latin America. Watch how it shows how to reuse coffee as fuel.
Matt Damon says he won’t use a toilet. Here’s why.
More people have cellphones than have access to a toilet. About 6 billion people have cellphones and only 4.5 billion have access to a...
Harvard study warns of perilous ‘debt-trap diplomacy’
According to a report from Harvard University scholars, more than a dozen countries in the Indo-Pacific region are vulnerable to "debt-trap diplomacy."
Countries agree on 5G security in Prague
As countries are starting to build 5G ultra-fast telecom networks, they came together in Prague to develop security standards to protect these networks.
U.S. companies help rebuild Iraq
Post-ISIS Iraq has embarked on rebuilding its battered economy and is looking abroad for private sector partners to tackle major reconstruction projects.