Global Governance

How can our perception of the world impact positive change?

Many discussions about the state of the world can end up focusing on the world being awful

Many discussions about the state of the world can end up focusing on the world being awful Image: Unsplash/Ryoji Iwata

Max Roser
Programme Director, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Over 5 million children die every year around the world
Over 5 million children die every year around the world Image: Our World in Data

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Approximately 50% of all children died in the past Image: Our World in Data

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