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Evolutionary game theory is useful to devise strategies for real-life situations such as international negotiations and ecological crises, where players are unequal, and choices are complex.
Hepatitis C treatment is no longer prohibitively expensive in the Global South because Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative developed ravidasvir – a low-cost antiviral. Such breakthroughs are possible for other neglected diseases if low- and middle-income countries agree to act collectively.
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Credit ratings and climate chaos
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How can fintech innovation supercharge global women's development?
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China’s climate diplomacy in a turbulent world
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We can stop disaster risk spiralling out of control
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We need creative solutions to the sovereign debt and climate crises
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Who gets squeezed by austerity?
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