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Updated 25 Oct, 06:30
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A never-ending childhood of malaria
How often do people in high-burden areas get malaria? Studies suggest that many children can experience five or more malaria infections a year.
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Beef production in Brazil has been the largest driver of global deforestation in recent decades
Most beef production in Brazil is to meet domestic rather than international demand.
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The rise of electoral democracy
How elections spread, voting rights expanded, and political competition developed around the world over the last two centuries.
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Which countries have already passed peak population, and when will the rest do so?
Falling fertility rates have created a unique scenario in human history: many countries are experiencing structural population decline.
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138 million children are in child labor. What does this actually mean?
According to a UN report published last year, there are 138 million children in child labor. In this article, we look at what this estimate exactly captures.