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Media	Title	Date
	Danny Leipziger: Why Central Banks Cannot Fix the State? There are many high-profile examples these days of shifting the problems of the “state” on to other institutions, thereby placing the latter in impossible situations. Looking at Europe, we see the European Central Bank grappling with widening bond spreads caused by deeply entrenched fiscal problem, such as those facing Italy. No matter how skillfully the ECB operates in bond markets, it cannot substitute for national actions, including those which raise political uncertainty and then increase spreads within the Eurozone.	Sun, Jul 31, 2022
	Bianca Taylor: Ways to Nudge Equitable Climate Finance Forward Last month COP27 came to a close with a historic announcement to establish a loss and damage fund, where rich countries pledge financial support to countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis.	Mon, Dec 12, 2022
	Gary Kleiman: War-Torn Country Banking Systems Beg Repair Small policy decisions and temporary fixes are often offered at the beginning of a conflict, but IFIs need to begin making larger reforms sooner instead of postponing them. This way, economic systems can heal holistically instead of receiving temporary band-aids.	Thu, Mar 3, 2022
	Joerg Bibow: Trade and Finance: The Two Sides of Today’s Coin of Conflict Joerg Bibow is Professor of Economics at Skidmore College and a Research Associate at the Levy Institute at Bard College.	Wed, May 22, 2019
	Kevin P. Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright: Towards A New Multilateralism for Shared Prosperity Kevin P. Gallagher is Professor and Director of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, USA, follow him @KevinPGallagher.	Sat, May 11, 2019
	Frank Vogl: The Unprecedented 2020 Bank and Fund Annual Meetings: Confronting Today’s Grave Double Crises The October 2020 annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were like none others.	Fri, Oct 30, 2020
	Barbara Matthews: The Next 75 Years – Coping with Decentralization and Geopolitical Rebalancing The Bretton Woods 75th anniversary coincides with accelerating angst regarding rising populism and growing backlash against multilateralism.	Tue, Mar 5, 2019
	Anthony Elson: The Need for WTO Reform The recent WTO Ministerial Conference MC12 that concluded on June 17 has been hailed as an important achievement of the WTO, given its agreement on a number of substantive issues that have been under discussion for some time, as listed in the MC12 Outcome Document.	Mon, Jul 18, 2022
	Laura Tyson and Harry Broadman: The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and US-China Relations The eagerness driving the Biden administration’s launch of its Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is perfectly understandable: the U.S. needs to raise its game and systematically tap into some of the fastest growing economies in the world. Indeed, the countries participating in developing the IPEF are states that have “good bones”: rapidly rising incomes; a workforce that is young, well-educated, and eager to hone their skills; and governments who understand that “rule of law” begets investment.	Tue, Aug 9, 2022
	Luis San Vincente Portes: The Granular Role of the Bretton Woods Committee as Mediator of the Times The architecture of the liberal world-order ---mainly that of the post-war era--- has relied on the principle of national self-determination and a rule-based framework underpinning diplomatic and economic relations.	Mon, Mar 25, 2019