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Anita Zaidi is President of the Gender Equality Division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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  1. A Blueprint from India for Women’s Economic Empowerment
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    A Blueprint from India for Women’s Economic Empowerment

    Feb 8, 2023 Anita Zaidi touts the country’s self-help groups as a model for boosting women’s economic prospects and personal agency.

  2. The Key to Development
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    The Key to Development

    Jun 30, 2021 Anita Zaidi interviewed by Project Syndicate about the importance of gender equality as a factor in reducing poverty and preserving public health.

  3. Maintaining the Momentum Against Cholera
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    Maintaining the Momentum Against Cholera

    Jun 4, 2019 Anita Zaidi reports that new records are being set in the delivery of vaccines to vulnerable countries.

  4. Three Ways to Improve Child Health
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    Three Ways to Improve Child Health

    Nov 24, 2016 Anita Zaidi identifies the key interventions that could save millions of children from diarrhea and pneumonia.

  5. Stopping the Child Killers
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    Stopping the Child Killers

    Dec 4, 2015 Anita Zaidi calls on governments to adopt proven, low-cost methods to prevent and treat diarrhea and pneumonia.

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    PS Events: COP29 Live From Baku Session 2

    PS editors present our second session from COP29, Financial Inclusion is Climate Action.
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    The EU Needs a Strong Clean Industrial Deal

    Jean Pisani-Ferry, et al. tout a strategy that combines decarbonization with measures to boost competitiveness and social cohesion.
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    The World’s Babies Need Antibiotics, Not Just Vaccines

    Glenda Gray urges the international community to help African countries prevent infant deaths from treatable infections.
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    How Trump Did It

    Not only did Donald Trump win last week’s US presidential election decisively – winning some three million more votes than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris – but the Republican Party he now controls gained majorities in both houses on Congress. Given the far-reaching implications of this result – for both US democracy and global stability – understanding how it came about is essential.

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    The Big Picture

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    Capitalism Is Driving Democracy’s Death Spiral

    Katharina Pistor argues that the financialization of the global economy has come at the expense self-governance.
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    What Germany’s Next Government Must Do

    Helmut K. Anheier argues that whoever wins the upcoming snap election must make progress in four key areas.
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    To Win Back Voters, Democrats Should Let Trump Be Trump

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    By voting for Republican candidates, working-class voters effectively get to have their cake and eat it, expressing conservative moral preferences while relying on Democrats to fight for their basic economic security. The best strategy for Democrats now will be to permit voters to face the consequences of their choice.

     urges the party to adopt a long-term strategy aimed at discrediting the MAGA ideology once and for all.
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    What If Trump Keeps His Promises?

    Kaushik Basu warns that the president-elect’s proposed trade policies will erode America’s competitiveness.

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