“Before the pandemic, births had been steadily declining for many years. There were almost 600,000 fewer annual births in 2019 relative to 2007—a 13% reduction. The size of the COVID-related baby bust and subsequent rebound were meaningful in that context, but they also represent short-term deviations from an ongoing trend of considerably greater importance. Birth counts in 2022 are still below what they were in 2019,” write Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine.
In a world in which digitalization is becoming increasingly important in the transformation of economies, there is limited research aimed at measuring and understanding the nature and extent of digitalization and digital skills in Africa. In a new paper, Haroon Bhorat, Landry Signé, and co-authors help fill this gap by offering an empirical profile on digitalization for the continent.
Preventing nuclear proliferation has been a major goal of U.S. national security policy for over half a century—and efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons have been largely successful. Will the Russia-Ukraine war change that? Robert Einhorn discusses this and other geopolitical developments, and recommends ways that the United States can accomplish its goals on this issue.
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