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An offhand remark caught my attention in the last stages of the Brazilian presidency of COP30. Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, the lead... →
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Public finance, or how governments at all levels raise and allocate money, is in evidence everywhere you look. That pothole destroying your car.... →
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A new resource management paradigm maximises profits for African countries
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African nations are rethinking how value is captured from the energy supplies and minerals contained within their borders. Climate pressure, energy... →
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Cicero, the highly gifted orator and lawyer - he of the heydays of the Roman Empire, once argued that the health of the people, the health of... →
