Explore how human capital boosts economic growth by enhancing skills and productivity. Learn about key drivers like consumer spending and business investment.

For years, Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway have ranked near the top of the United Nations' annual index of countries based on indicators of well-being and quality of life. Countries with more poverty ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Professors Tarron Khemraj and Randy Persaud wrote a stimulating piece in a Letter in SN (Feb 5, 2026), captioned, “Guyana is successfully transitioning into a state of high human development, as per ...

The organization’s ‘Iceberg Index’ is designed to track the different types of AI agents now doing work once conducted by people. MIT has started taking a count of AI agents around the world to get a ...

As we age, the human brain rewires itself. The process happens in distinct phases, or “epochs,” according to new research, as the structure of our neural networks changes and our brains reconfigure ...

Human development does not happen in a vacuum. A growing economy, an improved educational system, and better health outcomes cannot be removed from broader questions of governance, political stability ...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is entering a period of profound transformation, driven by three powerful megatrends: demographic, climate, and technological change. In MENA, their ...

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