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Financing for Development Priorities Today
The forthcoming UN Financing for Development conference must address developing countries’ major financial challenges. Recent setbacks to sustainable…
Jan 7
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December 2024
New Geopolitics Worse for Global South
The new geopolitics after the first Cold War undermines peace, sustainability, and human development. Hegemonic priorities continue to threaten…
Dec 17, 2024
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New Approaches Urgently Needed to Tackle Resurgent Social Crises
Despite uneven economic recovery since the pandemic, poverty, inequality, and food insecurity continue to worsen, including in the Asia-Pacific, which…
Dec 5, 2024
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New Approaches Urgently Needed to Tackle Resurgent Social Crises
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November 2024
Western Finance Ruining Economies of the Rest
Western financial policies have been squeezing economies worldwide. After being urged to borrow commercial finance heavily, developing nations now…
Nov 19, 2024
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Western Finance Ruining Economies of the Rest
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World Inequality Still Rising Despite Some Convergence
Despite some convergence among nations, many low-income countries and people are falling further behind. Worse, the number of poor and hungry has been…
Nov 6, 2024
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World Inequality Still Rising Despite Some Convergence
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October 2024
Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics
New institutional economics has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance…
Oct 22, 2024
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Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics
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IPEF: Much Ado about Nothing
After 2.5 years, US President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) is increasingly irrelevant due to its own limitations and broader…
Oct 9, 2024
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IPEF: Much Ado about Nothing
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September 2024
Net Zero by 2050 Delays Needed Urgent Climate Action
Net zero emissions by 2050 prioritise mitigation for climate stabilisation. Pledges to achieve this still distant target have grown but inadvertently…
Sep 25, 2024
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Net Zero by 2050 Delays Needed Urgent Climate Action
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The Global South in the New Cold War
Marginalised and dominated economically by the Global North, developing countries must urgently cooperate to better strive for their shared interests in…
Sep 11, 2024
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The Global South in the New Cold War
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August 2024
Global Poverty Grows as Super-Rich Get Richer Faster
Oxfam expects the world’s first trillionaire within a decade and poverty to end in 229 years! The wealth of the five richest men has more than doubled…
Aug 28, 2024
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Global Poverty Grows as Super-Rich Get Richer Faster
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Handling Financial Crises in the South
When history repeats itself, the first time is a tragedy; the next is a farce. If we fail to learn from past financial crises, we risk making avoidable…
Aug 14, 2024
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Handling Financial Crises in the South
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July 2024
More Poverty for the Poor
Many low-income countries (LICs) continue to slip further behind the rest of the world. Meanwhile, people in extreme poverty have been increasing again…
Jul 24, 2024
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More Poverty for the Poor
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