The organ trafficking problem in Indonesia reflects a global crisis driven by donor shortages, exploitation of the poor and ...

This paper examines the relationship between firm performance and growth and the business environment in the countries of the South Asia Region -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, ...

ICRISAT and RIS launch ISSCA to enhance agricultural cooperation in Global South, promoting technology sharing and capacity ...

Yellow fever is a dangerous mosquito-borne virus that, for hundreds of years, has caused sporadic, deadly outbreaks in the ...

ZAINAB USMAN is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Every decade or so, the global aid industry finds that it must ...

After reading comments about Zambia’s failed attempt to install its citizen, Samuel Maimbo into the post of African Development Bank President (AfDB), allow me to offer a dissenting view that seems to ...

Waste Wars. By Alexander Clapp. Little, Brown; 400 pages; $32. John Murray; £25 ...

Countries in Asia and the Pacific are economically intertwined through ... fewer than three flights per thousand people — far behind Europe and North America. Poor connectivity also punishes the ...

These colorful snakes aren't just works of art. Erected for the World Health Assembly, they're meant to draw attention to an ...

Vietnam’s economy has come a long way since the Vietnam war ended 50 years ago, leaving an already poor country in ruins.

Over 10 million infants under six month old may currently be underweight, according to a new analysis of data collected across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

While many people are fascinated by nonhuman animals, most do not have the time, money, or opportunity to travel to remote ...