Selim Jahan - Project Syndicate

Selim Jahan

Writing for PS since 2017
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Selim Jahan is Director of the Human Development Report Office and lead author of the Human Development Report.

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Counting What Counts in Development

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Sep 14, 2017 Selim Jahan says the best way to improve human development outcomes is to change how we measure quality of life.

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Development Beyond the Numbers

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Apr 21, 2017 Selim Jahan reminds us that aggregate data overlook many who are missing out on material and political progress.

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Capitalizing on Africa’s Demographic Dividend

Nov 20, 2018 Carl Manlan thinks the continent can drive global growth if countries focus on job creation and invest in education.

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The Global Talent Race

Nov 20, 2018 Ejaz Ghani sees the competition for high-skilled labor as the defining feature of the knowledge economy.

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Global Conflict in a New Age of Extremes

Nov 20, 2018 Shlomo Ben-Ami worries that we are setting ourselves up to repeat the tragic mistakes of the twentieth century.

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America’s Senseless Iran Sanctions

Nov 20, 2018 Amin Saikal explains why the Trump administration’s effort to topple the regime is unlikely to succeed.

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Looking Past Trump

Nov 20, 2018 Mira Rapp-Hooper says that the challenges facing US foreign policy reflect forces that will long outlast the current administration.

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Measuring, and Managing, More Sustainable Growth

Nov 20, 2018 Diane Coyle and PS Associate Editor Greg Bruno discuss the shortcomings of modern economics.

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The Inconvenient Truth About Saudi Arabia

Nov 20, 2018 Richard N. Haass advocates a measured Western response to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's increasingly wayward rule.

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The Bleak Fate of the Amazon

Nov 19, 2018 Paulo Artaxo anticipates devastating environmental policies in Brazil under President Jair Bolsonaro.

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