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Rabah Arezki, a director of research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), is a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

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  1. Solving India’s Industrialization Puzzle
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    Solving India’s Industrialization Puzzle

    Jan 23, 2025 Rabah Arezki & Partha Sen ask why, unlike Bangladesh and Vietnam, manufacturing has not benefited from rising labor costs in China.

  2. Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future
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    Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future

    Mar 28, 2024 Rabah Arezki considers what Bassirou Diomaye Faye's presidency could mean for one of Africa's most closely watched democracies.

  3. Africa’s Shifting Economic Paradigm
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    Africa’s Shifting Economic Paradigm

    Feb 20, 2024 Rabah Arezki urges policymakers to pursue reforms to promote competition and boost domestic consumption.

  4. Africa’s Most Consequential President?
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    Africa’s Most Consequential President?

    Jul 17, 2023 Rabah Arezki asks whether Nigeria's new leader, Bola Tinubu, can deliver the reforms the continent’s largest economy needs.

  5. Saudi Arabia’s Great Transformation
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    Saudi Arabia’s Great Transformation

    Jun 22, 2023 Rabah Arezki & Tarik M. Yousef assess the kingdom’s strategy to shift its economy away from dependence on hydrocarbons.

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    Confronting the Pandemic’s Toxic Political Legacy

    Jan-Werner Mueller supports calls for countries to carry out independent inquiries into how the COVID-19 crisis was handled.
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    How Trump’s Anti-Globalism Could Backfire

    Harold James thinks the new administration's approach could jeopardize the foreign capital flows that America depends on.
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    How to Make COP30 a Climate Turning Point

    Ana Toni sees the main task in Belém, Brazil, as accelerating the implementation of existing agreements.
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    Trump’s Trade Scam

    Stephen S. Roach

    Donald Trump’s second administration is starting where his first ended – with distortions and convoluted logic. Perhaps most notable is his ludicrous proposal for an "External Revenue Service," which, contrary to the president’s claims, would collect tariff revenues from domestic importers, not from foreign producers.

     points out that the new “External Revenue Service” would target domestic importers, not foreign producers.
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    The Fed Is Running Scared of Trump

    Stuart P.M. Mackintosh

    The US Federal Reserve’s leadership constantly stresses the importance of “data dependence.” Yet, in order to appease Donald Trump, the Fed has decided to ignore a huge – and rapidly growing – pile of data showing that climate risks pose a grave threat to economic and financial stability.

     observes that political pressure is already undermining independent, data-driven decision-making.
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    Beware the TikTokalypse

    Todd G. Buchholz thinks calls to reverse the app’s ban or forced sale are based on a misunderstanding of its security risks.
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    Middle Powers and the Art of the Deal

    Anne-Marie Slaughter foresees the world under Donald Trump becoming like a bazaar, to the benefit of multi-aligned countries.
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    America’s Workers Are About to Be Forgotten Again

    Josh Bivens & Heidi Shierholz contrast the Biden administration's pro-worker policies with what Donald Trump is likely to do.
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    Decommodify Electricity

    Jayati Ghosh shows why the market cannot mobilize the clean-energy investments needed to accelerate the green transition.

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