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Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is the co-author of Business, Government, and the SDGs: The Role of Public-Private Engagement in Building a Sustainable Future (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).

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  1. A Neglected Solution to the Development-Finance Gap
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    A Neglected Solution to the Development-Finance Gap

    Jul 30, 2024 Mahmoud Mohieldin & Claire Melamed show how investments in data systems can bring in more capital and help each dollar go further.

  2. Somalia Has Turned a Corner
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    Somalia Has Turned a Corner

    Jan 16, 2024 Mahmoud Mohieldin & Abdulqafar Abdullahi applaud the country's success in implementing difficult reforms, and identify challenges ahead.

  3. Fully Replenishing the Green Climate Fund
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    Fully Replenishing the Green Climate Fund

    Sep 19, 2023 Vera Songwe & Mahmoud Mohieldin urge advanced economies to help developing countries by ensuring that the GCF has the resources it needs.

  4. How to Close Africa’s Climate-Finance Gap
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    How to Close Africa’s Climate-Finance Gap

    Sep 4, 2023 Mahmoud Mohieldin, et al. propose five ways to channel investment to the countries most vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

  5. No Net Zero Without Nature
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    No Net Zero Without Nature

    Jul 15, 2022 Nigel Topping, et al. warn that carbon-neutrality pledges are not being matched by commensurate action to protect biodiversity.

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    South Korea’s Impeachment Battle Is Democracy in Action

    Aziz Huq

    Following South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s groundless declaration of martial law, legislators are pursuing his impeachment. If they succeed, they will have offered a valuable example of how democracies should deal with those who abuse the powers of their office.

     thinks the effort to remove a lawless president can serve as an important signal to the rest of the world.
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    A Fiscally Low-Cost Solution to China’s Economic Challenges

    Shang-Jin Wei outlines steps that policymakers can take to foster sustainable growth without increasing government debt.
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    Can Von Der Leyen Build an Inclusive Center?

    Hugo Drochon considers how the European Commission president can keep the far right at bay during her second mandate.
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    The Second Glass Ceiling for Women

    Xianghong Wang urges the Chinese government to end its gender-specific mandatory retirement policy and adopt a flexible system.
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    Bangladesh’s Descent into Islamist Violence

    Brahma Chellaney fears what will happen to Asian security if the country's interim government remains on its current path.
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    The Dollar Diplomacy We Need

    Andrew Gallucci explains how America and its allies can counter their rivals’ currency ambitions.
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    Why Bidenomics Did Not Deliver at the Polls

    Dani Rodrik thinks the Democrats were right to embrace economic populism, but neglected to update it for this century.
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    Anticipating Trump’s Foreign Policy

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    Even if predictions based on campaign statements and cabinet appointments leave us uncertain about how Donald Trump will approach big foreign-policy issues, we can still situate his worldview in a longer-running US tradition. After all, he is hardly the first politician to proclaim “America First.”

     considers what can be gleaned from the president-elect’s past statements, recent appointments, and US history.
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    What the G20 Can Do for Africa’s Energy Agenda

    Samia Suluhu Hassan explains how climate finance could unleash the continent's economic potential.

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