(2003) Since gaige kaifang or "reform and opening" began in 1979, China has moved to integrate itself into the global economic system, attracting foreign investment and exporting its goods to the world. For this country of 1.3 billion people, economic integration has also required unprecedented mobility of its people and exposure to travelers from other countries.
(2008) Chronic malnutrition has been a persistent problem for young children in sub-Saharan Africa. A high percentage of these children fail to reach the normal international standard height for their age; that is, they are "stunted."
(2008) Opposition to Kenya's recent election resulted in days of deadly riots. Kenya's demographic trends provide some background to the current situation, revealing both advances and continuing challenges.
How programs in India, Nigeria, and Uganda embraced new technology to deliver family planning and maternal health services emphasizing self-care throughout COVID-19.
(2012) Arab countries continue to rapidly gain access to mobile cellular and to a smaller extent, mobile and wireless Internet, but lag behind in access to fixed broadband Internet access at home, according to the report ICT Adoption and Prospects in the Arab Region 2012.1
(2008) The nature of work continues to change dramatically with the extension of work operations around the clock being one of the most striking alterations.
(2020) With the number of coronavirus infections surging, school districts across the United States are grappling with decisions about whether and how to re-open this fall.
Disability rates are down among older Americans, and more are managing daily life on their own with devices.
In February 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a panel of international experts assessing the current scientific knowledge on climate asserted that warming of the earth's climate system is "unequivocal."1