Why family planning is a smart investment for the future

Achieving universal access to contraception would save and improve millions of lives, and put societies on a faster track to shared prosperity. The world should be devoting far more attention and resources to this goal, writes
Political crises, scandals, and dysfunction continue to dominate the global news agenda. Unsurprisingly, therefore, many people missed the UK’s announcement last month it will spend £600m (€697m) to provide 20m more women and girls in the developing world with access to family planning.