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Federica Maurizio

Federica Maurizio

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Federica Maurizio is a sexual and reproductive health and rights analyst at the United Nations Population Fund’s Asia-Pacific office. 

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  1. Protecting Women During the Pandemic
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    Protecting Women During the Pandemic

    May 20, 2020 Davide de Beni & Federica Maurizio fear the COVID-19 crisis will fuel a sharp increase in unwanted pregnancies and maternal and newborn deaths.

  2. The Economic Imperative of Protecting Women’s Health
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    The Economic Imperative of Protecting Women’s Health

    May 15, 2018 Anderson E. Stanciole & Federica Maurizio identify a major but neglected gap in medical coverage around the world.

  3. Saving Asia’s Mothers
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    Saving Asia’s Mothers

    Apr 14, 2017 Anderson E. Stanciole & Federica Maurizio recommend targeted interventions to reduce the region's surprisingly high maternal mortality rate.

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    Tick TikTok Goes Globalization

    Kenneth Rogoff

    The bipartisan push to ban TikTok in the US reflects both the growing distrust of China and lawmakers’ limited understanding of the tech world. While there are legitimate national-security concerns associated with the platform, a US ban could end up accelerating deglobalization.

    thinks efforts to restrict American users’ access to the app are hypocritical and counterproductive.
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    To Reconstruct Turkey, Rebuild Its Democracy

    Daron Acemoglu & Cihat Tokgöz

    Turkey's massive death toll from the earthquakes in February attests to a much larger problem. From an overly powerful construction lobby and endemic corruption to the steady erosion of democratic institutions, it is clear that the country now needs a thorough political and economic transformation.

    think the country needs not just a new government but a broader economic and political transformation.
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    India’s Boom Is a Dangerous Myth

    Ashoka Mody dismantles the hype around a rosy economic narrative that is actually becoming bleaker by the day.
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    Halting the Authoritarian Drift

    Kaushik Basu considers the dynamics that lead political leaders down the road to tyranny, paranoia, and aggression.
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    Xi’s the Boss

    Nina L. Khrushcheva says the Chinese leader's recent visit to Moscow was intended, first and foremost, to show who is in charge.
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    Can “Cooperative Rivalry” Work?

    Jean Pisani-Ferry worries that America and China will be unable to find common ground on preserving the global commons.
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    The Fed’s Role in the Bank Failures

    Raghuram G. Rajan & Viral V. Acharya show how the US central bank's liquidity policies created the conditions for runs on uninsured deposits.
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    Policymakers Keep Solving the Wrong Banking Problem

    Andrés Velasco argues that recent market turmoil has revealed that the sector’s main vulnerability is unavoidable.
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    An Insolvency Iceberg?

    Takatoshi Ito considers the risk that other banks will experience liquidity problems as interest rates continue to rise.

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