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Sven Smit

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Sven Smit is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and Chair of the McKinsey Global Institute.

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  1. Action on Planet and People Depends on Growth
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    Action on Planet and People Depends on Growth

    Sep 13, 2023 Michael Spence, et al. tally the costs of advancing the twin imperatives of boosting living standards and achieving sustainability.

  2. What Does the World Need to Achieve Sustainable, Inclusive Growth?
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    What Does the World Need to Achieve Sustainable, Inclusive Growth?

    Dec 23, 2022 Sven Smit, et al. propose measures to build an inclusive economy through greater productivity and innovation.

  3. Advanced Economies’ Missing Link
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    Advanced Economies’ Missing Link

    Feb 12, 2020 Sven Smit & Anu Madgavkar identify the source of the disconnect between bright economic data and gloomy public sentiment.

  4. A Growth Strategy for Europe
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    A Growth Strategy for Europe

    Sep 15, 2015 Hans-Helmut Kotz, et al. offer concrete proposals for lifting the EU out of its economic malaise.

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    Trump’s $16 Trillion Trade Blind Spot

    Ricardo Hausmann identifies the fundamental flaw in the administration’s efforts to dismantle the postwar international order.
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    A World Turned Inside Out

    Stephen S. Roach

    The geostrategic shock that has accompanied Donald Trump’s return to the White House is the functional equivalent of a full-blown crisis. It is likely to have a lasting impact on the US and Chinese economies, and the contagion is almost certain to spread throughout the world through cross-border trade and capital flows.

     likens Donald Trump’s reversal of America’s global leadership role to a full-blown crisis, similar to COVID-19.
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    Jorge Heine on the BRICS, active non-alignment, the US dollar, and more

    Jorge Heine urges the Organization of American States to demonstrate leadership in Haiti, shows how small countries can implement a foreign policy based on active non-alignment, calls on China and Europe to diversify the global monetary system, and more.
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    Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion

    Wolfgang Fengler explains why economic growth alone is not enough to extend the ladder of opportunity to all.
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    Dismantling USAID Could Boost African Self-Reliance

    Hippolyte Fofack

    US President Donald Trump’s dismantling of America’s foreign-aid program may be the wake-up call African leaders need. If necessity is the mother of invention, the end of USAID could galvanize African governments to confront their countries’ challenges head-on.

     sees opportunities to promote local growth following a massive reduction in foreign aid.
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    The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education

    Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid.
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    Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

    Julie McCarthy urges monetary authorities to use their tools to mitigate the financial risks of environmental disruption.
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    The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now

    Bill Dudley explains why lawmakers need to move quickly to establish US leadership in digital assets and payments.
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    Tariff Man Doubles Down

    Anne O. Krueger warns that the Trump administration’s trade restrictions will harm the very industries they aim to protect.

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