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Global Climate Change
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Curb Climate Change After COVID-19? Fast-Growing India and Brazil Are Key
Louay Constant, Troy D. Smith @troy_d_smith
Dec 15, 2020
United Press International
India and Brazil are facing pressure to launch recoveries after the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Will they backslide on their Paris climate agreement commitments, or will the expected return of the United States to the pact encourage them to build a more sustainable economic future?
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Infrastructure Finance
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Regulating Infrastructures in the Tropics
Christian Van Stolk, Daniel Schweppenstedde, Martin Lodge, Julia Batistella-Machado
May 26, 2017
The RAND Blog
Regulation helps address the demands of investors who are seeking assurances that their investments are safe, while also reassuring democratically elected governments. Regulatory reform could help Brazil attract more private investment in its infrastructure.
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Brazil
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Health and Safety at the Rio Olympics: It's Not Just About Zika
Melinda Moore
Aug 5, 2016
The Mark News
The risk of contracting Zika in Rio de Janeiro is low. But there is a broader range of health and safety concerns for which travelers can and should take specific precautions.
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Infrastructure Finance
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The Olympic Legacy — What Can Rio Learn?
Richard Warnes
Aug 3, 2016
StratScope
Rio will spend $14.4 billion on the Olympics. Like other host cities, it hopes to achieve an “Olympic legacy” to ensure that this investment pays dividends after the games and provides long-term economic, social, sporting, and cultural benefits.
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Public Health
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Fighting the Zika Virus: What Public Health Officials Need to Do
Melinda Moore
Jan 28, 2016
Fox News Channel
For now, public health officials and their partners must do all they can to control Zika virus, using the tools at hand. That may include instituting a public health campaign to reduce mosquito-breeding sites and promoting prudent protection against mosquito bites.
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Health Behaviors
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Paying People to Change Behaviour in the UK: Lessons from Latin America
Christian Van Stolk
Mar 30, 2015
The RAND Blog
Policymakers in Western countries seeking new policy levers to tackle costly lifestyle behaviors in the age of austerity may do well to take up programs based on cash incentives. Recent analysis of conditional payment programs in Latin America highlights some useful lessons.
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India
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Increase Funds for Quality
Rafiq Dossani
Apr 15, 2013
EduTech Magazine
In India, perhaps if the funds that are needed are put in with the help of philanthropists like Shiv Nadar, Azim Premji or Rajendra Pawar, it may be possible to build world class universities, writes Rafiq Dossani.
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BRIC-à-Brac
Andrew S. Weiss
Jun 15, 2009
ForeignPolicy.com
The leaders of the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—hold their first stand-alone summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on Tuesday, June 16. The timing of the BRIC summit, just a few weeks before U.S. President Barack Obama's arrival in Moscow and the G-8 meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, is hardly accidental, writes Andrew S. Weiss.
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Curb Climate Change After COVID-19? Fast-Growing India and Brazil Are Key

Regulating Infrastructures in the Tropics

Health and Safety at the Rio Olympics: It's Not Just About Zika

The Olympic Legacy — What Can Rio Learn?

Fighting the Zika Virus: What Public Health Officials Need to Do

Paying People to Change Behaviour in the UK: Lessons from Latin America

Increase Funds for Quality

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