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Melissa T. Cook:  Free Trade: Boosting Africa's Recovery The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was officially launched on January 1, 2021.	Tue, Feb 23, 2021	African Sunrise Partners LLC
Kevin Gallagher: “The Time to Act is Now”: Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery In a new report, the Global Development Policy Center outlines an ambitious new proposal for comprehensive debt relief that includes the private sector and middle-income countries, in an effort to jump start a green and inclusive recovery from COVID-19.	Sun, Nov 15, 2020	BU Global Development Policy Center
Gary Kleiman: ‘Refugee bonds’ could help Bangladesh cope with Rohingya emergency With almost half of Myanmar’s million-strong Rohingya population having poured into next-door Bangladesh by land and sea to flee military and civilian attacks by the Buddhist majority, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ruling Awami League party have appealed to the international community for help in defraying the annual costs of the mass influx, estimated by a local economist at between US$800 million and $1 billion.	Mon, Sep 18, 2017	Asia Times
George Soros: ‘Inside Philanthropy’ Names George Soros Philanthropist of the Year In 2017, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, passed a law banning foreign-registered universities that do not offer courses in their home country, a move that seemed to target George Soros’s Central Europe University (CEU).	Fri, Jan 3, 2020	Barron’s Penta
Member Monday: Zennon Kapron BWC welcomes new member Zennon Kapron, founder and director of Kapronasia, one of Asia's leading financial technology research and consulting firms. Prior to Kapronasia, Zennon was the Asia Pacific Financial Industry Manager and Global Banking Industry Manager for Intel. At Intel, he helped position and sell Intel-based architecture to financial services firms globally. Before Intel, Zennon worked at Citi at a number of different technology management roles, culminating in his role as CIO for Citigroup Portugal.	Mon, Feb 27, 2023	LinkedIn
Lawrence H. Summers: Yes, our tax system needs reform. Let’s start with this first step. While there’s plenty of disagreement about how the money should be used, almost everyone involved in public-policy debates agrees.	Mon, Nov 18, 2019	The Washington Post
Edwin M. Truman and Maurice Obstfeld: Yellen Should Act Quickly to Assist Financially Stricken Countries The global economic meltdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged many countries into potential external financial crises through no fault of their own.	Wed, Jan 27, 2021	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Mark Sobel: Yellen at the Treasury President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary – the 78th in US history and the first woman.	Wed, Nov 25, 2020	OMFIF
Kenneth I. Levinson: WITA’s NextGenTrade® Presents: 21st Century Trade: Digital, Printed While nations quarrel over sneakers and steel, trade policy is beginning to look beyond shipments of goods, say WITA’s Kenneth I. Levinson and Brunswick’s Robert Moran.	Tue, Jun 4, 2019	Washington International Trade Association
William R. Rhodes: Wirecard is a Wake-up Call on Regulatory Weakness There is no room for apathy where regulators are involved; we need an investigation into Wirecard, however embarrassing and painful it may be.	Mon, Oct 12, 2020	The Banker