By Piet de Klerk and Robert Floyd WASHINGTON, DC — As officials from the United States and North Korea prepare for the June 12 summit meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, nuclear experts must come to terms with a significant question: If Kim commits to dismantling h

By Ricardo Hausmann and Julian HinzCAMBRIDGE — Venezuela is in the news again. Through unprecedented treachery, President Nicolás Maduro awarded himself victory in the presidential election on May 20.

By Maria Gonzalez-Miranda and Ivailo IzvorskiWASHINGTON, DC — Information technology is not just transforming markets, it is also making them ubiquitous, particularly for household consumers.

By Manzoor Qadir and Vladimir SmakhtinHAMILTON, CANADA — In many parts of the world, there are simply no more conventional freshwater resources available to meet growing demand.

By Michel Sidibé and Lucica DitiuGENEVA — When Mabruka was 18, she came home from school one day and started coughing up blood.

By Anderson E. Stanciole and Federica MaurizioBANGKOK — Mai was 17 years old when she and her boyfriend became sexually active. Because unmarried adolescents in their country cannot access contraception without parental consent, they decided to make do without.

By Helen Clark and Sania Nishtar NEW YORK — Over the past few decades, the international community has tasked itself with achieving a wide range of social and environmental objectives, many of which are enshrined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for

By Rabah Arezki and Hafez GhanemWASHINGTON, DC — Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) possess all of the ingredients they need to leapfrog into the digital future.

By James Manyika and Myron ScholesSAN FRANCISCO — For years, one of the big puzzles in economics has been accounting for declining productivity growth in the United States and other advanced economies.