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Shamel Azmeh

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Shamel Azmeh is Lecturer in Technology, Labor, and Global Production at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester.

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  1. The Perverse Economics of Ventilators
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    The Perverse Economics of Ventilators

    Apr 16, 2020 Shamel Azmeh attributes the ventilator shortage to structural flaws in the market-driven approach to innovation.

  2. How to Save the Internet
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    How to Save the Internet

    Jun 24, 2019 Shamel Azmeh argues that tackling inequalities in the digital economy can help to stem the tide of government regulation.

  3. Closing the Global Economy’s New Digital Divide
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    Closing the Global Economy’s New Digital Divide

    Feb 26, 2018 Shamel Azmeh warns that the world's developing countries are at risk of being left permanently behind.

  4. Regulating Across the Digital Divide
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    Regulating Across the Digital Divide

    Sep 11, 2017 Shamel Azmeh sees risks for the global economy if trade rules are not expanded to include data-driven industries.

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    Investing in the WHO Will Yield Outsize Returns

    Gordon Brown urges the organization’s 194 member states to provide the financing it needs to fulfill its mandate.
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    Nobel Laureates Help Solve the Inequality Puzzle

    While even the world’s poorest economies have become richer in recent decades, they have continued to lag far behind their higher-income counterparts – and the gap is not getting any smaller. According to this year’s Nobel Prize-winning economists, institutions are a key reason why. From Ukraine’s reconstruction to the regulation of artificial intelligence, the implications are as consequential as they are far-reaching.

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    The Big Picture

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    Unlocking AI-Powered Learning

    Justina Nixon-Saintil foresees the technology enhancing student learning and creating new pathways to rewarding careers.
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    Financing Food Security Will Yield High Returns

    Gelsomina Vigliotti & Maurizio Martina explain why massive investment in more sustainable agrifood systems is a moral and strategic imperative.
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    Kamala Harris’s Economic Priorities

    Nouriel Roubini considers what Kamala Harris’s economic agenda would entail, and how it compares to Donald Trump’s.
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    Can Claudia Sheinbaum Escape AMLO’s Shadow?

    Guillermo Ortiz asks whether Mexico’s new president will govern as a pragmatist or embrace her predecessor’s populism.
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    America’s Broken Constitution

    Nicholas Reed Langen sees the country’s politicized Supreme Court as the biggest obstacle to addressing many other problems.
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    The Cuban Contingent Protecting Maduro

    Jorge G. Castañeda explains why the sham Venezuelan presidential election has not triggered a repeat of the 1958 military coup.

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