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Nobel Prize winner Deaton has contributed to the understanding of consumer behaviour and inequality
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Lower commodity prices and slowing growth risk reversing earlier gains as the focus turns to sustainable development
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The UN has agreed a new set of goals to replace the Millenium Development Goals, but the new ones seem overly ambitious
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With the nuclear deal agreed, pressure is mounting on the president to fulfil his election pledges on domestic reform
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Graphic representations of peace and conflict can be powerful debate-initiators, but misleading for policymakers
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A new law passed today promotes the hiring of women to management roles
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Removing barriers to women in the workplace will be key to the government's efforts to revive the economy
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Marriage age is rising worldwide, but campaigns against child marriage in low-income countries overlook the root causes
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The gender parity ruling, though questionably timed, may revive debates and the interest of a weary electorate
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As the Millenium Development Goals near their conclusion, progress in ending maternal mortality has been uneven
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