The Middle East will face its own unique set of challenges in the age of climate change, from changing rainfall patterns and water scarcity to heatwaves and wildfires. While most of the region recognizes the need for more investment to tackle these issues, closer cross-border cooperation will also be necessary.
wants to take advantage of a rare area of agreement in the region to advance green projects and investments.
Despite inadequate international support and a lack of access to COVID-19 vaccines, African governments and regional institutions have acquitted themselves well in responding to the pandemic. The task now is to build on these successes, making “health for all” an overarching whole-of-government priority.
propose a new holistic approach to designing policies, directing innovation, and investing in people.
坎布里奇——当赌注很高时,政治对手利用从经济学家和其他研究人员那里得来的一切证据并没有什么希奇。美国保守派政客和欧盟官员利用卡门·莱因哈特和肯尼斯•罗格夫等两位哈佛教授的研究来佐证财政紧缩政策恰恰是这样的实例。
莱因哈特和罗格夫发表的论文似乎表明公共债务在GDP占比超过90%会显著拖累经济增长水平。阿莫斯特市马萨诸塞大学的三名经济学家随后完成了学者应该完成的工作——他们重新审核了同事的研究工作,并对其进行了批评。
除一处相对次要的电子表格错误外,他们发现莱因哈特/罗格夫研究所采用的某些方法使人对结果的可靠性产生了怀疑。最重要的是尽管债务水平和经济增长呈负相关关系,但90%临界值的设定却缺乏事实依据的支撑。而且就像很多人指出的那样,这种关系可能是由低增长引发高负债、而不是反向过程所导致的。
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