The banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely on any private, rent-seeking, socially destabilizing network of banks, at least not the way we have so far.
shows why the current private system is unfixable – and why we don’t need to tolerate it anymore.
Like Vladimir Putin, China's leader is so steeped in a narrative of victimhood and fearful of appearing weak that it is hard to imagine him ever leading China out of the mess he has created. He could well be remembered as the leader who squandered history's most remarkable economic success story.
about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad.
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巴黎—报纸上充斥着关于移民家庭面临挑战的报道,你很容易会认为,流离失所的原因也在得到解决。但在大部分情形中,这一假设是错误的。如今,被迫移民问题的解决方案几乎完全集中在帮助逃离后的难民,而没有把目标对准他们逃离的原因。要解决世界的难民危机,就需要向关注结果那样关注原因。
为什么家长们要冒着自己或孩子的生命危险,离开家园前往未知之地?可以做些什么阻止家庭被迫离开故土?我和我的同事们所主持的一项经合组织新研究《2018年的脆弱之国》(States of Fragility 2018)试图回答这些关键问题。我们的发现很有启发意义,也令人担心
到2030年,全世界超过80%的穷人将生活在可定义为“脆弱”的地区——脆弱是一种可能因为政治、社会、安全、经济、环境等原因所造成的状态。不幸的是,如果当前趋势持续下去的话,解决造成脆弱性的因素的发展援助是远远不够的。比如,2016年,流向受脆弱性影响地区的官方发展援助(ODA)总量为682亿美元,其中只有2%被用于冲突预防活动,只有10%被用于缔造和平的计划。结论只有一个:我们必须改变ODA的配置方式。
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