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Jakaya Kikwete

Jakaya Kikwete

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Jakaya Kikwete, a former president of Tanzania, is Chair of the Global Partnership for Education.

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  1. Global Education Has Reached a Tipping Point
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    Global Education Has Reached a Tipping Point

    Jan 24, 2023 Nana Akufo-Addo & Jakaya Kikwete call on the international community to address crisis-level inequalities of access and opportunity.

  2. The Keys to Universal Health Coverage
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    The Keys to Universal Health Coverage

    Nov 5, 2018 Jakaya Kikwete urges national leaders to stay focused on improving primary care and strengthening data collection.

  3. Educating the Commonwealth
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    Educating the Commonwealth

    Apr 11, 2018 Jakaya Kikwete & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala call on leaders to make educational access a priority when they gather in London later this month.

  4. Midwives Deliver Lives
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    Midwives Deliver Lives

    Jun 19, 2017 Jakaya Kikwete & Toyin Saraki call on world leaders to make one of the most cost-effective health-care investments possible.

  5. The Path to Universal Education
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    The Path to Universal Education

    Apr 18, 2017 Jakaya Kikwete proposes a new financing facility to ensure that future generations aren't lost, but learning.

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    America’s “HIP” Economy

    Todd G. Buchholz sees developments and breakthroughs in health, information, and power as grounds for optimism.
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    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

    Andrés Velasco reflects on the tragic fate of the country that took him in as a teenage refugee from Augusto Pinochet's Chile.
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    The Global Divide Over the Ukraine War

    Brahma Chellaney urges all parties to adopt a realistic approach to a deadlocked conflict and negotiate accordingly.
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    Europe Confronts the Ghosts of History

    Shlomo Ben-Ami highlights just how profound a transformation European – especially German – rearmament represents.
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    Trump’s Self-Inflicted Trade Disaster

    Kaushik Basu

    US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs have triggered a wave of retaliatory measures, setting off a trade war with key partners and raising fears of a global downturn. But while Trump’s protectionism and erratic policy shifts could have far-reaching implications, the greatest victim is likely to be the United States itself.

    warns that the new administration’s protectionism resembles the strategy many developing countries once tried.
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    The End of Germany’s Economic Delusions?

    Katharina Pistor

    It took a pandemic and the threat of war to get Germany to dispense with the two taboos – against debt and monetary financing of budgets – that have strangled its governments for decades. Now, it must join the rest of Europe in offering a positive vision of self-sufficiency and an “anti-fascist economic policy.”

    welcomes the apparent departure from two policy taboos that have strangled the country's investment.
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    The Fed, the Fund, and the Bank in Trump’s Crosshairs

    Barry Eichengreen explains why the US president’s second administration, unlike his first, is targeting all three.
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    Europe Can Easily Safeguard Ukraine

    Daniel Gros points out that the EU, the UK, and Norway have all they need to keep Russia at bay, without help from the US.
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    Toward a North American Economic Union

    Nouriel Roubini explains why Canada, Mexico, and the United States should pursue EU-style integration.

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