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China's Self-Destructive Tech Takedown

China’s leaders think that they can crack down on the country’s private technology sector and still deliver material progress as state-owned companies take over. But by reversing the policies that enabled decades of rapid growth, they risk imperiling the unique economic model they seek to sustain.

Fragmentation and Resiliency Will Be the Centerpieces of the International Order

Mark R. Yzaguirre is Senior Associate General Counsel and Associate Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs at the University of Houston. Opinions solely his own. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.

Towards a New Era of World Bank-Civil Society Partnership

Ajay Banga takes the helm of the World Bank at a singularly important time in determining the institution’s contributions to economic development. 

This is a time of severe economic/international debt distress for many developing countries, with higher levels of absolute poverty than have been seen in many years; a time of mounting public concern about climate change; and a time when authoritarian governments control nations that account for more than one-half of the world’s population.

Attaining Ajay Banga’s New Bank Vision – Mainstreaming Partnerships with Civil Society

President Ajay Banga has huge ambitions for the World Bank. But are they likely to impact climate change, reduce poverty, and strengthen prosperity? Or will they amount to no more than fine phrases in speeches and reports?

Bretton Woods and Emerging Markets Investment: Toward A New Golden Age

Both the Committee and emerging market investment field have been in existence for roughly half the period of the 75-year history of the Bretton Woods institutions.

Biden Should Implement a “Yellen Bond” Plan for African Debt

The OECD has estimated that external capital inflows to emerging market countries shrank in 2020 by about $700 billion relative to 2019.

ECB Strategy Review: A Tweak, a Leap, and a Missed Opportunity

The European Central Bank has released the results of its 18-month monetary policy strategy review.

US Treasury’s IMF Worldview:  Multilateralism, More Macroeconomics, Domestic Realities

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