Li Yong

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Li Yong is Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

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Africa’s Must-Do Decade
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Africa’s Must-Do Decade

Dec 14, 2017 Li Yong proposes a new approach to industrialization that is both sustainable and socially inclusive.

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Africa’s Decade of Industrialization
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Africa’s Decade of Industrialization

Feb 2, 2017 Li Yong describes what it will take to enable the continent to fulfill its enormous economic potential.

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Industrial-Strength Africa
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Industrial-Strength Africa

Sep 8, 2015 Li Yong maps out a development strategy to ensure inclusive prosperity on the continent.

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Greening the New Industrial Revolution

Greening the New Industrial Revolution

Dec 30, 2013 Li Yong examines how growing manufacturing sectors can be made environmentally sustainable.

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Carl Bildt

As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.

Making America Mediocre

Anne O. Krueger

America owes its economic strength to its private sector, which has long benefited from an absence of undue influence by politicians and the state. But under US President Donald Trump's administration, discretionary decisions by policymakers are increasingly giving some companies advantages over others.

Why Financial Markets’ New Exuberance Is Irrational

Nouriel Roubini

Owing to a recent easing of both Sino-American tensions and monetary policies, many investors seem to be betting on another era of expansion for the global economy. But they would do well to remember that the fundamental risks to growth remain, and are actually getting worse.