List of Economic Development articles
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The silhouette of a person operating hand-held machinery in a rice paddy. Niger Is a Warning for the World Bank
International finance needs a new playbook for crisis as the bank convenes for its annual meetings.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, wearing a green collared shirt, walks toward the dais as he arrives to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York City Why Ukraine Is Not a Priority for the Global South
Increasingly, poor countries are saying to the rich that your priorities won’t mean more to us until ours mean much more to you.
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Three men wearing suits and ties sit at a table in front of a wall displaying the logo of the New Delhi G-20 summit, which stylizes the zero in G-20 as the globe. The man sitting in the middle has his mouth open as he speaks into a microphone. Can the G-20 Be a Champion for the Global South?
The group needs to embrace new ideas and more inclusive leadership.
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A Saudi man wearing a white traditional headdress walks past a framed Andy Warhol artwork. Saudi Arabia Really Wants You to Think It’s Cool
The desert kingdom’s rebranding project goes way beyond sportswashing. But it’s all a little too contrived.
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People leave a food court at a mall in Beijing on Aug. 15. How Serious Are China’s Economic Woes?
Experts assess the country’s faltering economy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the start of the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia. Can Russia and China Breathe New Life Into BRICS?
The global south is hungry for an alternative to the Western-dominated order, but BRICS may not be up to the task.
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Hands hold the Orb, a biometric imaging device for Worldcoin, which aims to create a World ID digital passport with a tradeable cryptocurrency, in Berlin on Aug. 1. Annegret Hilse/Reuters Sam Altman Has a Plan to Tame the AI He Unleashed
Worldcoin trades cryptocurrency for eyeball scans, creating a global ID database and scaring the willies out of privacy experts.
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Protesters gather in front of the French Embassy. How the West Could Actually Help the Sahel
For years, Western policies have only paid lip service to seeing the Sahel in terms of its own immense problems.
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A man walks past a campaign billboard of Uzbekistan's incumbent President and presidential candidate Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Krasnogorsk, some 60kms from Tashkent, on July 8, 2023. Uzbekistan’s Reformist President Makes a U-Turn
Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s reforms, which were meant to usher in a new era for the key Central Asian country, appear to have stalled.
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A man wearing a matching patterned shirt and pants leans close to a display case of food next to a bus station on a cloudy day. Next to the display case is a campaign poster showing images of the president and vice president, along with green and red text reading "The team to reconnect Nigeria." Will Bola Tinubu’s Reforms Help or Harm Nigeria?
Removing fuel subsidies and floating the naira’s exchange rate may please international lenders, but the policies could trap millions in poverty.
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A man walks past the logo of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank at its headquarters in Beijing on June 15. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images ‘What’s the Name of the Plane? The People’s Republic of China’
The first high-profile departure from China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank says it is dominated by CCP operatives and Beijing’s foreign-policy objectives.
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A line of Liberian children, dressed in matching uniforms of yellow shirts and navy blue shorts, hold Chinese flags as they lean over to see farther up the road. Aid Is the Next Battleground Between China and the West
The global south’s debts have reached alarming levels, and Beijing is tightening the screws.
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Avinash Persaud speaks about a paper he wrote on modernizing the United Kingdom's financial transactions tax in London. Can Avinash Persaud Convince Capitalists to Embrace Green Growth?
How an ex-banker teamed up with Barbados’s prime minister to fix a lopsided global financial system.
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Two people sit at a bus stop in front of a billboard that features an image of Tinubu and Shettima with the slogan "The team to reconnect Nigeria." The Revolutionary Potential of the ‘Lagos Model’
Bola Tinubu turned Lagos into a great city. Can he transform all of Nigeria?
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Union workers listen to U.S. President Joe Biden speak during a visit to a semiconductor manufacturer in Durham, North Carolina. Who Will Make the Chips?
The U.S. is betting billions on its semiconductor push, but it needs more people for the factory floors.
