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Title	Article date	Article source
John Lipsky: There’s No Magic in How SDRs Help the Poor A new SDR allocation would provide liquidity to many emerging and developing countries that today have severely limited access to external financing.	Wed, Feb 24, 2021	Wall Street Journal
Marjo Koivisto and Daria Taglioni: Circular Business in the Global Economy: Priority on Redesign Aside from accelerating decarbonization of industries, a key priority in the global economy today is to reduce the use of virgin materials. In discussions over the circular economy (CE), emphasis is usually put on “reusing” and “recycling”. Instead, for CE to grow sufficiently to avert the grim projections of the global economy running out of materials within decades, more pervasive change is needed. The notion that products and materials that depreciate slower are more valuable must be better internalized by their industrial and household consumers.	Wed, Feb 24, 2021	The Bretton Woods Committee
Jason Schenker: The Fate of Asset Inflation After COVID COVID-19 was the greatest public health crisis in a century, and it engendered the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression.	Wed, Feb 24, 2021	The Bretton Woods Committee
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
Mahesh Kotecha: Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on the United States of America Mahesh Kotecha will discuss "Yellen Bonds" for Africa at the Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on March 18.	Mon, Feb 22, 2021	RunTheWorld
Paul Sheard: Central Banks Cancelling Government Debt Is No Panacea Recently, more than a hundred European economists, including such luminaries as Thomas Piketty, called for the European Central Bank to write off a chunk of government debt that it holds.	Sat, Feb 20, 2021	Bloomberg Opinion - Quint
Stormy-Annika Mildner: G7 Economic Resilience Panel The German Federal Government has nominated Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner for the G7 Economic Resilience Panel.	Thu, Feb 18, 2021	G7 United Kingdom 2021
Jean-Claude Trichet: Trichet Warns That U.S. Stimulus Could Be 'Overdone' Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet warns that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion proposal could be a "little overdone" considering the economy is already growing "quite fast and rapidly."	Tue, Feb 16, 2021	Bloomberg
Sultan Meghji: FDIC Appoints First Chief Innovation Officer WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today named Sultan Meghji as the agency’s first Chief Innovation Officer, charged with leading the FDIC’s efforts to promote the adoption of innovative technologies across the financial services sector.	Tue, Feb 16, 2021	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miguel Schloss: Tackling Climate Change in a Changing World President of Surinvest Ltda. & Virtus Atlas SpA (Chile); Former Executive Director of Transparency International (Germany), and Director of Corporate & Budget Planning of World Bank (USA).	Mon, Feb 15, 2021	Global Journals of Science Frontier Research