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The World Bank moves away from coal, pinning down the wealth gap, and Estonia's e-residencies.

First up, there’s news the World Bank is moving away from funding coal projects, according to the bank’s president. There will be exceptions made in the poorest places, but observers say the banks’ rhetoric is becoming increasingly clear about climate change. More on that. Plus, the rise of single-parent households is a social, cultural, and economic phenomenon. This is at the center of a new study put out by the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute, which argues that stronger marriages could help bridge the widening wealth and poverty divide. We look into the challenge of pinning down causes of America’s wealth gap. And imagine a country being able to double the size of its economy, using swipes of a tablet or clicks of a mouse. The small Baltic state of Estonia aims to do just that.  

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