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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 |
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Bianca Taylor:Ways to Nudge Equitable Climate Finance ForwardLast 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 |
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Gary Kleiman:War-Torn Country Banking Systems Beg RepairSmall 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 |
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Joerg Bibow:Trade and Finance: The Two Sides of Today’s Coin of ConflictJoerg Bibow is Professor of Economics at Skidmore College and a Research Associate at the Levy Institute at Bard College. |
Wed, May 22, 2019 |
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Kevin P. Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright:Towards A New Multilateralism for Shared ProsperityKevin P. Gallagher is Professor and Director of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, USA, follow him @KevinPGallagher. |
Sat, May 11, 2019 |
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Frank Vogl:The Unprecedented 2020 Bank and Fund Annual Meetings: Confronting Today’s Grave Double CrisesThe October 2020 annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were like none others. |
Fri, Oct 30, 2020 |
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Barbara Matthews:The Next 75 Years – Coping with Decentralization and Geopolitical RebalancingThe Bretton Woods 75th anniversary coincides with accelerating angst regarding rising populism and growing backlash against multilateralism. |
Tue, Mar 5, 2019 |
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Anthony Elson:The Need for WTO ReformThe 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 RelationsThe 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 | |
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Luis San Vincente Portes:The Granular Role of the Bretton Woods Committee as Mediator of the TimesThe 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 |