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Zia Khan

Zia Khan

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Zia Khan is Senior Vice President for Innovation at The Rockefeller Foundation

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  1. Rebooting the Sustainable Development Goals
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    Rebooting the Sustainable Development Goals

    Jul 19, 2024 John W. McArthur & Zia Khan urge political, business, and civil-society leaders to foster the big ideas needed to meet the 2030 targets.

  2. Let the Great Transition Begin
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    Let the Great Transition Begin

    Jan 7, 2021 Zia Khan & John W. McArthur urge world leaders to focus on building a new post-crisis future, rather than returning to the status quo ante.

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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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