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Paolo Mauro, Assistant Director in the African Department at the International Monetary Fund, coauthored World on the Move: Consumption Patterns in a More Equal Global Economy with Tomas Hellebrandt while a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics.

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  1. Checks and Balances Before Roads and Bridges
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    Checks and Balances Before Roads and Bridges

    Feb 24, 2017 Paolo Mauro proposes how to meet the urgent need for more, well-executed infrastructure investment worldwide.

  2. Curbing Chinese Corruption
    Xi Jinping and Zhejiang Military Area Command Li Gang/ZumaPress

    Curbing Chinese Corruption

    Sep 15, 2015 Paolo Mauro explains why graft and bribery have not impeded economic growth – until now.

  3. Why America Should Join the AIIB
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    Why America Should Join the AIIB

    Jun 12, 2015 Paolo Mauro offers strong reasons for the US to use its influence in China’s new infrastructure bank.

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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.
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    Poland's Electoral Inquisition

    Sławomir Sierakowski decries a new law designed to disqualify opposition candidates from running in this year's general election.
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    Western Industrial Policy and International Law

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    With recent landmark legislation to support decarbonization and innovation, the United States is making up for lost time after its failed 40-year experiment with neoliberalism. But if it is serious about embracing a new paradigm, it will need to do more to help bring the rest of the world along.

     explains how to minimize the political risks of new spending packages in the US and Europe.
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    The IMF’s Turn to Lead on Climate

    Rakesh Mohan, et al. explain how the International Monetary Fund can best support green investment where it is needed the most.
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    If Trump Returns

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

    What would a second Donald Trump presidency mean for US foreign policy and the world? While the man himself is unpredictable, his first term and his behavior since losing re-election in 2020 offer plenty of clues, none of which will be comforting to America's allies.

     considers the implications of the 2024 presidential election for America's foreign policy and global standing.
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    A Western Distraction from Climate Action

    Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi warns that calls for the removal of Sultan Al Jaber as COP28 president-designate are a dangerous diversion.

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