Close Brothers: How the motor finance scandal reshaped one of ‘Europe’s least cost-efficient lenders’
12 cost-effective ways to help the world’s poorest Opinion With global development goals falling short and resources dwindling, nations and philanthropists must abandon the comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals and instead focus their limited funds on a dozen proven, highly cost-effective policies, says Bjorn Lomborg The start of a new year is a time for reflection and resolve. Yet amid our personal goals for 2026, [...]
How do you really improve schools? (Hint: it’s not smaller classes or paying teachers more) Opinion Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world with overcrowded classrooms and teacher shortages, is embracing pioneering technology – and turning its schools around, writes Bjorn Lomborg Childrens’ educational test scores are a major cause for concern across the world. Learning plummeted nearly everywhere during the Covid pandemic – but even before that, standardised [...]