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  1. There are new regulations on container weights. How this will affect global :

  2. A third of all is used to produce food but a third of food is lost or wasted!

  3. World’s top reflect on the past and look ahead to the future

  4. With , learn how we are helping Zambia design power tenders:

  5. High-income countries tend to have higher amounts of hazardous waste:

  6. Is raising product prices a way to cope with rigid markets? Our thoughts:

  7. This is the global state of smoking. In 5 charts:

  8. Our approach to ending poverty is embodied in boosting the incomes of the poorest 40%:

  9. Long-term displacement affects jobs, land, basic services, , social :

  10. Achieving universal health coverage will save lives and protect the poorest. - |

  11. will spur investments in preparing for future outbreaks & improving health systems. -

  12. will expedite response, stemming outbreak before it reaches proportions. - |

  13. will create the first-ever insurance market for risk. - |

  14. Infectious disease outbreaks are inevitable; are optional. - |

  15. A severe could cost as much as 5 percent of global GDP. - |

  16. Live Now! Preventing the next pandemic—a conversation with |

  17. Over the past 15 years, smoking rates have fallen in most countries. Spot your country:

  18. LIVE today: How could we have responded quicker to the crisis?

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