The extractive industries play an increasingly significant role in the economic activity of developing and middle income countries. A new UNU-WIDER project l...

Is this the smartest man in the USA, or just a farmer with common sense? Please check out the documentary film "Food Inc.", and read Fast Food Nation. You de...

Witnessing the experience of children who grow up in the refugee camps. The South Sudanese Civil War has displaced over 1.5 million people. South Sudan, the ...

Slicing the cake Latin America's progress in reducing poverty is starting to slow. For more video content from The Economist visit our website: http://econ.s...

Trust: How do you earn it? Banks use credit scores to determine if you're trustworthy, but there are about 2.5 billion people around the world who don't have...

One day while walking around Shinjuku, a major hub for government and business in Tokyo, Japan, I noticed a shelter built by a homeless man. It looked semi-permanent, but more importantly, had solar panels on it. I thought this was very different than the homeless I encountered in my former city of Vancouver, Canada, so I started to investigate homelessness in Japan.

Minority and indigenous cultures under serious threat, state protections 'fall far short' – new comprehensive global survey Photo details: 1. Members of the ...