
Development: better days could lie ahead (yes, really)
Overwhelmed by the ‘polycrisis’, it is easy to miss some positive indicators of global development.
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Vilgot Österlund is a statistician at the Stockholm based think tank Arena Idé; previously he worked at the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden. He regularly contributes to the daily digital newspaper Dagens Arena.

Overwhelmed by the ‘polycrisis’, it is easy to miss some positive indicators of global development.