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    Realizing Africa’s Sustainable Energy Future

    Michael R. Bloomberg & Damilola Ogunbiyi

    Without international support, including investment at scale, African countries will not be able to expand energy access to all and still reach their climate goals. The alternative – an increased reliance on coal – would have devastating consequences.

     urge the international community to step up its support for the continent’s green transition.
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    The IMF Is Still Behind the Times on Capital Controls

    Joseph E. Stiglitz & Jonathan D. Ostry

    Although the International Monetary Fund’s newly revised policy framework on capital controls makes some improvements on what came before, it is still likely to do more harm than good. Real-world experience and advances in economic theory have shown that the IMF’s suspicions about such policies are misplaced.

     thinks the Fund’s revised policy framework is better than the previous one, but still flawed.
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How to Do More for Ukraine

Oleg Ustenko interviewed by Michael R. Strain

Speaking from an undisclosed location, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleg Ustenko urges the United States and the European Union to tighten the financial screws on Russia's military machine. Anything short of a full defeat for Vladimir Putin, he warns, will leave both Ukraine and Europe vulnerable to future aggression.

 about the additional steps Western powers can take to end Russia's war and hold it accountable.
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Europe’s Energy Reckoning

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The ongoing war in Ukraine has prompted growing calls for European governments to halt imports of Russian hydrocarbons immediately. But, especially when it comes to natural gas, is Europe willing to bear the costs of such a dramatic shift?

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Is the US Dollar’s Global Hegemony at Risk?

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  3. Paola Subacchi,
  4. Yu Yongding

Predicting the end of the greenback’s international dominance has long been a popular, if fruitless, pastime. But, with the recent freezing of much of Russia’s foreign-exchange reserves triggering fresh speculation about alternatives to the dollar, we asked PS commentators whether this time might be different.

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The Putin Slump

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  4. Ngaire Woods,
  5. Anne O. Krueger

Fears of a global recession are mounting as the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine batters a world economy that had not fully recovered from COVID-19. In the event of a severe downturn, will rich countries concerned about boosting growth and taming inflation be inclined to help crisis-hit poorer economies?

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The African Century

Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W…

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Press Released

Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility from illiberal and autocratic regimes, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey,…

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The COVID-19 Crisis

As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, PS commentators assess its implications for the economy, propose policy responses, and consider what might – and sho…