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The smartest ways to save the world
Blog entry | May 17, 2012 - 5:01pm

COPENHAGEN – If you had $75 billion to spend over the next four years and your goal was to advance human welfare, especially in the developing world, how could you get the most value for your money?

COPENHAGEN – If you had $75 billion to spend over the next four years and your goal was to advance human welfare, especially in the developing world, how could you get the most value for your money?

That is the question that I posed to a panel of five top economists, including four Nobel laureates, in the Copenhagen Consensus 2012 project. The panel members were chosen for their expertise in prioritization and their ability to use economic principles to compare policy choices.

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China's inflation eased slightly in April
Article | May 11, 2012 - 8:00pm
According to a new report released by Chinese National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on May 11, China's inflation eased slightly in April, while the country's consumer price index (CPI), a main indicator of inflation, rose 3.4 percent year on year in April.
 
The country's consumer price index (CPI) in March was 3.6 percent and according to economic analysts this  was driven by falling food prices.
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Parliament's approval set to improve US trade links
Article | March 26, 2012 - 2:15pm

European food manufacturers can look forward to strengthened trade links to North American markets following the European Parliament’s approval to increase the quota of high-quality beef imports from the US and Canada.

European food manufacturers can look forward to strengthened trade links to North American markets following the European Parliament’s approval to increase the quota of high quality beef imports from the US and Canada.

The deal increases the volume of high quality beef that can be sold in EU markets exempt from tax to 48,200 tonnes, of which 45,000 tonnes will be brought in from the US,  beginning in the autumn of this year raising the bar from the previous agreement of 20,000 tonnes.

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