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Jim Yong Kim was president of the World Bank Group from 2012 to 2019.

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  1. A Truly Global Response to Climate Change
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    A Truly Global Response to Climate Change

    Dec 11, 2017 Akinwumi A. Adesina, et al. reaffirm their institutions' commitment to supporting the implementation of the 2015 Paris agreement.

  2. Climate Action After Paris
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    Climate Action After Paris

    Dec 16, 2015 Jim Yong Kim highlights five measures needed to realize the new global accord's full potential.

  3. The Path to Carbon Pricing
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    The Path to Carbon Pricing

    Oct 19, 2015 Christine Lagarde & Jim Yong Kim map out how to create the incentives needed to cut emissions while protecting the poor.

  4. Diseases Without Borders
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    Diseases Without Borders

    Jan 22, 2015 Jim Yong Kim shows why pandemics are one global risk that cooperative preemptive action can mitigate.

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    China’s Short-Sighted AI Regulation

    Angela Huyue Zhang assesses a recent court ruling allowing copyright protection for content generated by artificial intelligence.
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    AI’s Copyright Problem Is Fixable

    Mike Loukides & Tim O'Reilly show how to trace the provenance of generative models’ output and compensate human authors accordingly.
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    Better Jobs Mean Better Development

    Dani Rodrik shows why rich and poor countries alike will have to enhance employment and productivity in service sectors.
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    Russian Revanchism Must Be Defeated in Ukraine

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko & Ilona Sologoub say that political infighting in the West is empowering the Kremlin and its allies.
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    The World Needs a Humble Approach to Central Banking

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    As advanced-economy central bankers assess their recent policy responses, failures, and lessons learned, they should recognize where others got it right and where they got it wrong. Humility requires nothing less.

     explain why monetary policymakers must accept a deliberately narrow mandate.
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    Whac-A-Populist

    Though Polish voters in October ousted their right-wing populist government, recent elections in Slovakia and the Netherlands show that populism remains as malign and potent a political force as ever in Europe. But these outcomes also hold important lessons for the United States, where the specter of Donald Trump’s return to the White House haunts the runup to the 2024 presidential election.

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    The Global Economy’s Unsolved Problems

    José Antonio Ocampo offers a sobering assessment of multilateral efforts to tackle debt, development, climate change, and more.
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    Digital Payments Hold the Key to Climate Resilience

    Benjamin E. Diokno urges policymakers and the private sector to embrace the transformative potential of emerging technologies.
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    Pulling the Amazon Back from the Brink

    Carlos Nobre & Marielos Peña-Claros urge policymakers at COP28 to prevent the world’s largest rainforest from crossing perilous tipping points.

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