Japan had 6-in-10 children undernourished in 1900. It reached very low levels by 2000. China achieved massive drops in malnutrition in the last 20 years, while other developing countries - like India, Ethiopia and t...

We need to shift from empty rhetoric and trillion-dollar promises to real, efficient, billion-dollar action. It is time to focus our attention where it matters most. Read the full oped in Halftime But Nowhere N...

...there is no way we will deliver on all of them in time. There is no way we will deliver on all these promises in time. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is now implausibly calling for a $500 billion annual SD...

We have promised everything to everyone, as a consequence we do not reach the promised goals e.g. improved health for the entire world's population.

Of 500 million primary school children, almost 80 per cent are not learning minimal reading and maths skills.

Enabling more skilled migration to countries that need more skilled labor could achieve both higher productivity and less inequality. And surveys tend to suggest it’s more politically viable, as skilled migration is...

The Do-Able Dozen: Every dollar spent on these two educational initiatives worldwide would deliver $65 of social benefits.

Improving the futures of children is indeed a no-brainer. Considering our scarce resources, we should prioritise spending $10 billion on proven, effective approaches and deliver on the most important education pledg...

One thing that taxpayers and politicians agree on practically everywhere is that more money should be spent on children’s education.

If politicians were truly serious about ending global inequality, many economists would say there is one obvious policy: Allow greater global migration.