Tag: Public policy

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has released figures that show progress on the Millennium Development Goal of cutting the infant mortality rate. For the first time since records started being kept in 1960, the world child mortality rate has dropped below 10 percent. And, more funding has been provided toward this goal since the data was gathered, so officials are optimistic this trend will continue.

Different Christian denominations in Nigeria have come to different conclusions about whether to make the test for HIV compulsory as a condition for marriage.

In recent months, there has been both good news and bad news about diversity. The bad news is that diversity can lead to social distrust. The good news is that it can mean better decisions.

The Federal Trade Commission has recently completed a study of the practice of using credit ratings to price auto insurance, a practice several states forbid