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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, is Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, a former finance minister and foreign affairs minister of Nigeria, and a former board chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. 

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  1. The Water-Security Crisis
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    The Water-Security Crisis

    Sep 9, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato, et al. call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.

  2. The Water-Security Crisis
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    The Water-Security Crisis

    Sep 6, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato, et al. call attention to a global problem that demands far more attention from policymakers at all levels.

  3. WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility
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    WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility

    Mar 28, 2024 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala writes that meaningful change will come only when members other than the US help steer the organization.

  4. The Trade-Finance Gap Is Holding Back Developing Economies
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    The Trade-Finance Gap Is Holding Back Developing Economies

    Dec 13, 2023 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala & Makhtar Diop consider how to get more working capital into the hands of exporters and importers in lower-income countries.

  5. Confronting the Global Water Crisis
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    Confronting the Global Water Crisis

    Mar 17, 2023 Mariana Mazzucato, et al. offer a seven-point blueprint for preserving one of the planet’s most important natural systems.

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    What Harris and Trump Will Do

    With less than two months to go until the US presidential election, the candidates’ opposing worldviews, objectives, and priorities – and their implications for international relations, the economy, and democracy – have come into sharper focus. While it is impossible to know exactly what a leader will do once in office, the contours of both a Donald Trump and a Kamala Harris presidency are remarkably well defined.

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    The Big Picture

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    Macron’s Trial by Fire

    Hugo Drochon

    Since the start of the Olympic Summer Games in Paris, Emmanuel Macron has reclaimed the initiative and confronted a political situation that is in many ways unprecedented for a French president. Not only has the center held, but the country may have a return to political stability in its sights.

     reflects on the French president's efforts to maintain control after a painful election season.
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    Kamala Harris’s Liberal Patriotism

    Andrés Velasco & Daniel Brieba

    The US presidential candidate's appeal to love of country is the right thing at the right time. Disregard the surfeit of flags and overwrought rhetoric: a healthy dose of patriotism is required to win an election, in the US or anywhere else, and it is – and should be – an essential component of liberal and progressive politics.

     explain why the Democratic US presidential candidate's appeal to love of country is good politics.
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    Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis

    Hippolyte Fofack urges governments to rethink constraints on public spending and increase investment in human capital.
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    Why Rome Still Matters

    Shlomo Ben-Ami considers the ancient empire’s hold on the popular imagination and what its history has to teach us.
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    Egypt’s Skyrocketing C-Sections

    Rana Hendy & Lobna Shaheen urge policymakers to take decisive steps to address the inequalities fueling the rise in cesarean deliveries.
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    Asia’s Consumer Tipping Point

    Juan Caballero & Wolfgang Fengler highlight a milestone that marks the transition from poverty to a more typical middle-class lifestyle.
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    Kishore Mahbubani on the US-China rivalry, Asian security risks, and more

    Kishore Mahbubani offers advice to Western diplomats attempting to engage with Asia, identifies risks to the region’s stability, highlights Singapore’s lessons for developing-country leaders, and more.

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