The bipartisan push to ban TikTok in the US reflects both the growing distrust of China and lawmakers’ limited understanding of the tech world. While there are legitimate national-security concerns associated with the platform, a US ban could end up accelerating deglobalization.
thinks efforts to restrict American users’ access to the app are hypocritical and counterproductive.
Turkey's massive death toll from the earthquakes in February attests to a much larger problem. From an overly powerful construction lobby and endemic corruption to the steady erosion of democratic institutions, it is clear that the country now needs a thorough political and economic transformation.
think the country needs not just a new government but a broader economic and political transformation.
华盛顿—想象你是一位家长,你有很多孩子但资源有限。你最大的孩子已经足够离家生活,但他不想这么做。因此他仍然待在家里,消耗他的手足急需的资源。因为老大不愿意自立而让你的其他孩子受苦是正确的吗?
世界银行及其国际发展援助(IDA)项目受助国之间也存在类似的情况。IDA为穷国政府提供低息长期贷款和援助以支持平等增长。该项目支持着全世界77个最贫穷国家,其中一半是非洲国家。它还为一个已不再应该得到援助的国家提供援助:印度。
截至2014财年年末,印度正式从IDA项目中毕业,因为它已经不符合贫困条件。世界银行为接受援助设定的阈值基于人均国民总收入(GNI)决定。在2016财年,该阈值为1,215美元。自2010年以来,印度人均GNI每年都超过了世界银行的阈值。2014年为1,570美元。
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