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low- and middle-income countries
Coverage of low- and middle-income countries in the Nexus archive.
- Africa: What Will AI Do for Us? Young Adults in Lower-Income Countries Feel More Positive About Its Potential - New Survey
Young people in low- and middle-income countries show greater optimism about AI's potential to improve work prospects and social lives compared to their Western peers, according to a survey of ten countries in Africa and South Asia.
- The ‘velocity of obesity’ aims to show which nations are slowing an epidemic
A new report argues that the term 'obesity pandemic' is no longer accurate, as obesity rates are slowing or declining in some countries, particularly high-income ones. Obesity rates continue to rise in most low- and middle-income countries, but are flattening in more prosperous places. The report suggests looking at the velocity of obesity to understand its diverse trajectories around the world.