The Brazilian economy has been very closed over recent years, but now the government has recognized trade liberalization as a key development goal which will boost economic growth.

Antonio Spilimbergo · IMF Blog 21 Mar 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Rio de Janeiro is burning trash to create energy and cut emissions

Capturing methane gas from garbage to burn for energy is helping Rio de Janeiro cut its climate-changing emissions.

Karla Mendes · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 28 Feb 2019

Education and Skills

Schools must look to the future when connecting students to the internet

A robust, future-proof and cost-efficient internet connection for students, in and out of school, is the foundation of a 21st-century education. But many schools are blindly replicating t...

Oren Pinsky 26 Feb 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

We can feed the world in a sustainable way, but we need to act now

Soy is the world’s most efficient protein crop, and can play a big role in feeding the 10 billion people expected by 2050 - but we have to act now to make sure we increase production sust...

Lyu Jun 24 Jan 2019

Climate Change

The West is struggling to hit its climate targets. What would the developing world do differently?

Stifled by its political systems and leadership challenges, the West will struggle to address its climate change targets by 2030. It is time to ask: how would the developing world do it?

Chandran Nair 15 Jan 2019

Latin America

Fleeing persecution, LGBT+ migrants seek refuge in South America

Argentina and Brazil have become increasingly popular destinations for LGBT+ people seeking asylum.

Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 20 Dec 2018

Brazil

Politics is failing to protect the Amazon. It's time for finance to step up instead

Forests are an ally in the fight against climate change. But deforestation in the Amazon is approaching a tipping point, after which the area will emit more carbon than it stores. Compani...

Beatrice Crona and Victor Galaz 14 Dec 2018

Education, Gender and Work

A remote school in a Brazilian jungle has been named the world's best new building

The hyper-modern complex is already improving grades for indigenous children.

Adela Suliman · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 26 Nov 2018

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

How smart farming is helping Brazil feed the world

'Integrated' farming combines pastures, forests and fields in the same area. It brings overgrazed land back to life, and it's more efficient, more resilient and more sustainable.

Daniel Kluppel Carrara, Ligia Dutra, and Bruno Lucchi 25 Oct 2018

Climate Change

7 postcards from a flooded world

The rising sea levels and heavy rain caused by climate change are affecting people and their livelihoods across the world today. Here are seven reports from an already flooding planet.

Annia Ciezadlo and Preethi Nallu · Orb Media 11 Oct 2018

Brazil

This Brazilian prison gives inmates the keys to their cells

In Brazil – which has a notoriously violent penal system – a non-profit organization has achieved astounding success running prisons where there are no weapons and inmates have keys.

Alex Gray 24 Sep 2018