Childbirth needn’t be this deadly

Each year, Bangladesh spends more than Tk. 72,000 crore on government procurement. That includes paying for anything from Padma Bridge to pencils for government offices and everything in-between. Imagine if this process could be done just 1 percent more efficiently - that would save Tk. 720 crore. As it turns out, it can likely be improved by closer to 10 percent, saving billions of takas that could pay for other projects or services.

By refusing to prioritise, the UN ensured none of their goals would succeed

The international development system is in disarray. Aid budgets have been slashed in the UK and abroad, USAID has been gutted, and the development banks like the World Bank divert ever more of their funding to climate even as global poverty reduction has slowed.

Copenhagen Consensus President and environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg discusses California leaders blaming climate change for wildfires, Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent's confirmation hearing and climate policy in the U.S.