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Elias Bou Saab

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Elias Bou Saab is a former Lebanese education minister.

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What We Owe Refugee Children
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What We Owe Refugee Children

Jun 20, 2017 Elias Bou Saab calls on world leaders to fulfill past commitments to provide funding and support for education.

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Educating Syria’s Refugee Children
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Educating Syria’s Refugee Children

Jul 6, 2015 Elias Bou Saab urges the international community to support Lebanon’s effort to educate Syrian refugee children.

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Germany Can Reduce Its External Surplus
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Germany Can Reduce Its External Surplus

Dalia Marin rebuts a government report that concluded earlier this year that no policy tools are available.

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Abolish the Billionaires? PS OnPoint
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Abolish the Billionaires?

Edoardo Campanella reviews three recent books analyzing how tax policies might be used to rein in rampant inequality.

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Green Markets for Equitable Growth Sustainability Now
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Green Markets for Equitable Growth

Graciela Chichilnisky & Peter Bal advocate the revival of a global emissions-trading scheme like the one created by the Kyoto Protocol.

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Can Fernández Fix Argentina?
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Can Fernández Fix Argentina?

Leandro Mora Alfonsín explains why the incoming government will immediately find itself in an unenviable position.

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A Living Wage for Capitalism
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A Living Wage for Capitalism

Jim O'Neill

Higher nominal wages for low-paid workers can boost real earnings, increase consumer spending, and help make housing more affordable. And insofar as raising the minimum would increase companies’ wage bill, it would create a stronger incentive to replace labor with capital, which could lay the foundation for renewed productivity growth.

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A Green Industrialization Strategy for Africa Sustainability Now
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A Green Industrialization Strategy for Africa

Tariye Isoun Gbadegesin urges the continent's governments to leverage their “brown” industries to secure clean, sustainable growth.

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Missing the Big Picture on Poverty Reduction
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Missing the Big Picture on Poverty Reduction

Yuen Yuen Ang argues that the experience of China reinforces doubts about reliance on randomized controlled trials.

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Global Trade’s Bright (Green) Future Sustainability Now
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Global Trade’s Bright (Green) Future

Pascal Lamy reports on the progress made toward reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from the shipping industry.

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