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Rising ocean acidity cuts small-scale fish catches, pushes up seafood prices and worsens women's nutrition, increasing neonatal mortality in coastal communities of low- and middle-income countries by around 5% for each 0.01-unit fall in pH. Cutting emissions, limiting industrial fishing in vulnerable coastal waters, and targeting nutritional support at pregnant women in seafood-...

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Global evidence from 2,041 cities linked to 33,262 mines producing 23 minerals shows that resource booms reshape local employment patterns far more than they drive urbanisation.

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In 2016, the UN doubled the cash it paid Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan, and 363,000 people went home in the middle of the fighting season. New research finds that policy-induced return reduced insurgent violence but made it deadlier and that it increased social conflict wherever kin and local institutions were absent.

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When Colombia shut down its largest health insurer, mortality rose not only among its enrollees but also among patients who were never enrolled with it. The reason is that incumbent insurers reduced the number of hospitals, clinics, and doctors their patients could visit. We show how competition shapes insurers' provider networks and point to a broader challenge for countries ex...

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