Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 3

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1. “Ultimately, gender equality is a vital part of humanity’s progress. ” Read the 2014 Gender Gap Report.

By the World Economic Forum

2. Shopping for Water: Markets just might save the American West from its water crisis.

By Peter Culp, Robert Glennon, and Gary Libecap at the Hamilton Project

3. With Ebola in the spotlight, Liberia’s nurses take to the streets to care for the sick crowded out of the overwhelmed health care system.

By Jina Moore at BuzzFeed News

4. Humanitarians are preparing for a future with autonomous weapons, which are unlikely to understand mercy, proportionality or the difference between combatants and civilians.

By Malcolm Lucard in Red Cross Red Crescent

5. Markets in everything: Can letting the rich buy into clinical trials produce cures for rare diseases faster?

By Alexander Masters in Mosaic Science

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