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Prashant Thakker

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Prashant Thakker is Global Business Head of Microfinance at Standard Chartered.

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Microfinance’s Macro Potential

Microfinance’s Macro Potential

Dec 17, 2013 Prashant Thakker proposes a three-part strategy to ensure that microfinance becomes the industry that the world's poor and excluded need.

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Will the Coronavirus Cause a Major Growth Slowdown in China?
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Will the Coronavirus Cause a Major Growth Slowdown in China?

Shang-Jin Wei explains why the impact of the outbreak on Chinese and world GDP is likely to be less damaging than many fear.

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How to Improve on a Good Year for Global Health
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How to Improve on a Good Year for Global Health

Melvin Sanicas says the discovery of new viruses, vaccines, and treatments in 2019 highlights the need to support science.

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A Global Economy Without a Cushion
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A Global Economy Without a Cushion

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From 1990 to 2008, annual growth in world trade was fully 82% faster than world GDP growth. Now, however, reflecting the unusually sharp post-crisis slowdown in global trade growth, this cushion has shrunk dramatically, to just 13% over the 2010-19 period, leaving the world economy more vulnerable to all-too-frequent shocks.

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Re-Engineering China’s Economy
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Re-Engineering China’s Economy

Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng welcome the recent trade deal with the US, because policymakers can now focus on growing systemic risks.

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Winning the Electrification Race Sustainability Now
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Winning the Electrification Race

Adair Turner says government policies to encourage clean energy are essential to building a zero-carbon economy by 2050.

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Auschwitz in Jerusalem
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Auschwitz in Jerusalem

Mark Leonard worries that the Holocaust's universalist message is being reshaped for a nationalist age.

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The Next Big Development Challenge
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The Next Big Development Challenge

Arvind Subramanian & Josh Felman argue that emerging-market policymakers should not rely on Western approaches to reviving growth.

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How to Prevent the Japanification of East Asia’s Economies
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How to Prevent the Japanification of East Asia’s Economies

Lee Jong-Wha urges governments to enact sweeping structural reforms to avoid long-term economic stagnation.

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