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António Guterres

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António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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  1. Multilateral Cooperation for Global Recovery
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    Multilateral Cooperation for Global Recovery

    Feb 3, 2021 Emmanuel Macron, et al. urge a new birth of international collaboration that is as inclusive as it is effective.

  2. Aid in a World of Crisis
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    Aid in a World of Crisis

    Jan 22, 2015 António Guterres urges the private sector to help humanitarian agencies confront unprecedented need.

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    The Russian War Economy’s Days Are Numbered

    Anders Åslund explains why – and when – the Kremlin will run out of the resources it needs to continue its war.
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    How Is the World Really Doing on the SDGs?

    Homi Kharas & John W. McArthur offer a balanced assessment of the forms and pace of progress made since 2015.
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    Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa

    Kenneth Rogoff

    African countries’ large and growing debt burdens have become a major obstacle to poverty reduction. Western countries must stop exacerbating the continent’s problems and offer debt relief by substituting grants for loans and forcing private lenders to settle sovereign-debt disputes in borrower-country courts.

     explains why outright grants are preferable to loans when it comes to supporting low-income economies.
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    The Sources of Russian Conduct

    Nina L. Khrushcheva warns Western leaders that if they push Vladimir Putin too far, he may well do something unthinkable.
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    Africa’s Food Security Depends on Adaptive Crops

    Agnes Kalibata & Cary Fowler urge the public and private sectors to work together to increase production of traditional indigenous staples.
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    Sri Lanka’s People Need a New Debt Deal

    C.P. Chandrasekhar, et al. urge the country’s new government to eschew austerity and reject the debt-restructuring deal with bondholders.
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    How to Mobilize Private Climate Finance

    Mette Frederiksen & Mia Amor Mottley

    Providing emerging markets and developing economies with sufficient climate finance requires a dramatic increase in the availability of, and access to, tools that have proven effective. When done right, every $1 dollar of public money can mobilize $5 from the private sector.

     explain why “blended finance” should be central to discussions ahead of this year's UN Climate Change Conference.
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    How to Reform the UN Security Council

    Shang-Jin Wei proposes expanding its membership and limiting permanent members' veto power.
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    Ishiba Shigeru’s Premiership Could Be Short-Lived

    Taniguchi Tomohiko highlights three key weaknesses that bode ill for Japan’s new government.

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