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Vinod Thomas, a former senior vice president at the World Bank and former director-general at the Asian Development Bank, is a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

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  1. Accountability for Climate Catastrophes
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    Accountability for Climate Catastrophes

    Oct 18, 2021 Vinod Thomas compares greenhouse-gas emissions to smoking, because both can now be linked directly to grave harms.

  2. The Case for Carbon Import Taxes
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    The Case for Carbon Import Taxes

    Jul 8, 2021 Ed Araral & Vinod Thomas urge EU and US policymakers to adhere to the key principles that should govern emissions-based levies.

  3. The Necessity of Climate Economics
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    The Necessity of Climate Economics

    Oct 16, 2019 Vinod Thomas urges economists to make the negative externality of global warming central to their growth models.

  4. Hurricanes at the Ballot Box
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    Hurricanes at the Ballot Box

    Sep 19, 2018 Vinod Thomas says extreme weather is an opportunity to hold elected officials accountable for climate change.

  5. How Climate Action Can Make America Great
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    How Climate Action Can Make America Great

    Dec 15, 2016 Vinod Thomas thinks US President-elect Donald Trump has good reason to help combat global warming.

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    The Middle East Needs a Ceasefire Now

    Daoud Kuttab explains why the latest escalation could lead to a truce instead of an all-out military showdown.
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    Overcoming the Development-Project Implementation Gap

    Jorge Moreira da Silva highlights ways to strengthen the International Development Association’s already-powerful impact.
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    Developing Countries’ Liquidity Crisis Is Not Over

    Ishac Diwan & Vera Songwe urge global policymakers to prevent mass insolvency and finance urgent climate projects.
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    America’s Manufacturing Renaissance Will Create Few Good Jobs

    Dani Rodrik

    Many countries’ recent experiences show that boosting manufacturing employment is like chasing a fast-receding target. Automation and skill-biased technology have made it extremely unlikely that manufacturing can be the labor-absorbing activity it once was, which means that the future of “good jobs” must be created in services.

     shows why policies to boost employment in the twenty-first century ultimately must focus on services.
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    Minxin Pei on China’s economy, surveillance state, repression of dissent, and more

    Minxin Pei doubts China’s government is willing to do what is needed to restore growth, describes the low-tech approaches taken by the country’s vast security apparatus, considers the Chinese social-credit system’s repressive potential, and more.
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    Who Should Decide If It’s Genocide?

    David Alton, et al. urge British policymakers to take a proactive approach to addressing mass-atrocity crimes.
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    The Bretton Woods Institutions We Need

    Joaquim Levy, et al. explain how the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank can rise to current global challenges.
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    The World Cannot Afford to Ignore the Poorest Countries

    Indermit Gill & M. Ayhan Kose warn that a growing gap between the world’s haves and have-nots will undercut global goals.
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    The World Is Still on Fire

    Lawrence H. Summers & N.K. Singh

    For the last several years, world leaders have made big promises and laid out bold plans to mitigate the climate crisis and help the neediest countries adapt. At this year's World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, they must demonstrate that they can fulfill these promises, rather than simply touting new ones.

     think policymakers need to get four things right to shore up the credibility of the international system.

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