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Selim Jahan

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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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Trump Cancels, China Wins

May 26, 2018 Bill Emmott says the US withdrawal from the planned summit with North Korea has further undercut its regional influence.

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The Coming Wave of Climate Displacement

May 25, 2018 Kumi Naidoo says the international community must do more to protect the rights of migrants displaced by global warming.

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Should Economists Make Moral Judgments?

May 25, 2018 Jacek Rostowski believes that the profession can no longer ignore the ethical implications of technical policy advice.

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The Perils of European Deposit Insurance

May 25, 2018 Hans-Werner Sinn warns that introducing official guarantees would amount to fighting a fire with gasoline.

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What Sank the Kim-Trump Summit?

May 25, 2018 Ramesh Thakur says next month's planned meeting in Singapore was doomed to fail from the start, for three reasons.

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The Myth of the “Aging Society”

May 25, 2018 Andrew Scott challenges the assumption at the heart of modern demographics, and offers a new approach.

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Will Defunding Hungary and Poland Backfire?

May 24, 2018 Sławomir Sierakowski worries about the unintended consequences of suspending EU disbursements to Europe's populist governments.

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The Value of Measuring Financial Inclusion

May 24, 2018 Kaushik Basu lauds the World Bank Global Findex report for providing the information and motivation progress demands.

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