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Masood Ahmed is President of the Center for Global Development.

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  1. Defaulting on Africa’s Future
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    Defaulting on Africa’s Future

    Jun 21, 2023 Masood Ahmed calls attention to the long-term costs of African countries’ efforts to service their external debt.

  2. Saving Afghanistan Despite the Taliban
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    Saving Afghanistan Despite the Taliban

    Dec 8, 2021 Masood Ahmed urges world leaders to address the question of how to approach the country, which now faces mass starvation.

  3. The G20's Pandemic Wake-Up Call
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    The G20's Pandemic Wake-Up Call

    Oct 25, 2021 Masood Ahmed urges world leaders to adopt more ambitious measures to tackle global health crises.

  4. The COVID Middle-Income Trap
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    The COVID Middle-Income Trap

    Sep 1, 2020 Masood Ahmed & Mauricio Cárdenas urge the international community to help countries that account for 75% of the world’s population.

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    China’s Rebalancing Imperative

    Stephen S. Roach

    The most successful development stories almost always involve major shifts in the sources of economic growth, which in turn allow economies to reinvent themselves out of necessity or by design. In China, the interplay of mounting external pressures, lagging household consumption, and falling productivity will increasingly shape China’s policy choices in the years ahead.

     explains why the Chinese authorities should switch to a consumption- and productivity-led growth model.
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    From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America

    Jorge G. Castañeda & Carlos Ominami

    Designing a progressive anti-violence strategy that delivers the safety for which a huge share of Latin Americans crave is perhaps the most difficult challenge facing many of the region’s governments. But it is also the most important.

     urge the region’s progressives to start treating security as an essential component of social protection.
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    The Urgency of Sovereign-Debt Restructuring

    José Antonio Ocampo highlights the need for a comprehensive mechanism to deliver relief to low- and middle-income countries.
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    The Gaza War Goes Global

    Joschka Fischer considers the implications of Iran’s unprecedented decision to launch a direct strike on Israeli territory.
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    Gender-Neutral Fintech Isn’t Working for Women

    Emmanuel Nyirinkindi & Jessica Schnabel show that the industry is not fully delivering on its promise to accelerate financial inclusion.
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    The Urgency of Palestinian Statehood

    Gareth Evans explains why formal international recognition is crucial to ending the intolerable status quo.
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    Quality Journalism Is More Important than Ever

    Anya Schiffrin, et al. explain how policymakers can support rigorous, objective reporting, just as they provide other public goods.
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    Is India’s Economy Overhyped?

    Shang-Jin Wei argues that the country’s rapid development, while undeniable, conceals deeper structural problems.
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    Negotiating a Bigger, Better World Bank

    Michael Krake & Wempi Saputra explain how a new framework will nudge countries to invest in projects that deliver global public goods.

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