Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ Is Getting a Much-Needed Reboot
In 2007, the African Union launched the Great Green Wall project, an attempt to combat expanding desertification in the Sahel by planting a barrier of trees 10 miles wide across 4,500 miles by 2030....
View ArticleSuriname’s Debt Crisis Is Putting Santokhi in a Bind
Mass protests broke out in Suriname last month after President Chan Santokhi decided to comply with the conditions of the government’s International Monetary Fund loan agreement—including a phasing out...
View ArticleCentral America’s ‘Forgotten’ Migrant Crisis Has Costa Rica Reeling
While the exodus of millions of Venezuelans from their homeland to countries across the Western Hemisphere has attracted considerable attention in recent years, another equally significant migratory...
View ArticleLake Titicaca Is Drying Up—and There’s No Plan to Save It
Lake Titicaca, spanning the border between Peru and Bolivia, is critical to supporting the livelihoods of 3 million people. That makes it all the more alarming that this year it was named the...
View ArticleThe War in Gaza Is Shuttering Israel’s Economy
Israel’s previous wars in the past few decades have had limited economic fallout, in part due to their brevity. But its current conflict against Hamas in Gaza promises to be a more protracted campaign,...
View ArticleAn Austerity Plan Won’t Fix Cuba’s Broken Economic Model
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel replaced the country’s economy minister, amid delays to planned price hikes for fuel and transportation that the government blamed on a cyberattack. The fate of the...
View ArticleJamaica’s Economic Success Story Came at the Cost of Climate Action
After years of economic stagnation, Jamaica’s economy has recently experienced rapid and potentially sustainable growth, thanks to effective policymaking. But the economic recovery came at the expense...
View ArticleReeling From Climate Change, Malawi Is Turning to Community-Led Adaptation
With little funding available for national-scale climate adaptation, Malawi has become a laboratory for low-cost community-led climate resilience projects. The post Reeling From Climate Change, Malawi...
View ArticleNicaragua Has Become a State Sponsor of Migrant Trafficking
Nicaragua’s autocratic president is weaponizing—and profiting off of—the mass migration of its citizens and those from other countries. The post Nicaragua Has Become a State Sponsor of Migrant...
View ArticleHonduras Needs Its Environmental Activists to Battle Deforestation
Honduras says it wants to fight deforestation. To really do so, it will need to support environmental activists, many of whom face deadly violence. The post Honduras Needs Its Environmental Activists...
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