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Prevalence of small farms hinders economic growth in developing countries

Consolidating farms in low-income countries like India, where the average farm is less than three acres, would significantly boost economic growth and reduce poverty, according to a study coauthored by Yale economist Mark Rosenzweig.

The study, ...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after their meeting Tuesday in Moscow.

After talks in Geneva, at NATO and at the OSCE, Ukraine crisis continues. And so too do the talks – this week in Kyiv, Moscow, Berlin and Geneva

After a week of intensive discussions that began with a working dinner last Sunday and an eight-hour meeting last Monday between U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, then a four-hour meeting of the NATO- Russia Council in Brussels...

Gender and Policy Forum Launches with First Event on February 11

The Gender and Policy Forum is an initiative between Yale’s Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies at the MacMillan Center and LAIGN. It will be led by an executive committee of scholars with deep experience at the nexus of gender and policy: Professor of Anthropology Claudia...

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov before Monday’s meeting in Geneva.

After Geneva, U.S.-Russia talks on Ukraine move to NATO, then to the OSCE

On Sunday evening, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov had a working dinner in Geneva in the first of several discussions this week focused on resolving the crisis created by the recent buildup of more than 100,000 Russian troops,...

Josh Mentanko

Perspective: Aligning health and economic priorities makes sense—if we choose the right ones

The following article written by Josh Mentanko, assistant program director of the Councils of European and Latin American Studies at the Yale MacMillan Center, appeared in the...

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