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The Ebola Outbreak

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The Ebola epidemic that has been ravaging West Africa’s societies and economies since early this year has now become a cause of global alarm. Which countries are most vulnerable to the spread of the virus, and how should those suspected of carrying it be treated?

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  1. Ebola’s Next Frontier
    Ebola quarantine Monrovia Liberia Monrovia Liberia/Morgana Wingard/UNDP

    Ebola’s Next Frontier

    Oct 23, 2014 Hrishabh Sandilya & Dany Shoham worry that the epidemic could easily spread from West Africa to India.

  2. Ebola in America
    Ebola drug research US Army Africa/Flickr

    Ebola in America

    Oct 20, 2014 Abdul El-Sayed says that the arrival of Ebola in the US is a wake-up call not to cut public-health funding.

  3. The End of Ebola
    Ebola workers Marcus Dipaola/ZumaPress

    The End of Ebola

    Oct 17, 2014 Abdul Tejan-Cole calls for an open-source approach to developing and deploying treatments and vaccines.

  4. Rebooting Globalization
    Globalization celebration Pip Wilson/Flickr

    Rebooting Globalization

    Sep 23, 2014 Martina Larkin examines what needs to be done to head off the dangers of global fragmentation.

  5. Ice Buckets and Ebola
    Ice bucket challenge and ebola Martin | CDC Global/Flickr

    Ice Buckets and Ebola

    Sep 11, 2014 Abdul El-Sayed compares Western responses to the summer's two top health stories.

  6. Africa Beyond Ebola
    Microfinance Africa Gates Foundation/Flickr

    Africa Beyond Ebola

    Sep 4, 2014 Ana Palacio says that the disease's outbreak has overshadowed three key recent events affecting the region.

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    Globalization vs. Democracy

    Kaushik Basu highlights the contradictions and vulnerabilities inherent in the current international order.
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    The West’s New Infrastructure Imperative

    Diane Coyle explains why a broader conception of the term could reflect a renewed interest in investing in the future.
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    An Iran-Israel War?

    Iran’s mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Israel last week raised anew the specter of a widening Middle East war that draws in Iran and its proxies, as well as Western countries like the United States. The urgent need to defuse tensions – starting by ending Israel’s war in Gaza and pursuing a lasting political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – is obvious, but can it be done?

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    What a Climate-Aligned IMF Would Look Like

    Mohamed Nasheed & Rakesh Mohan explain how the managing director can fully position the institution to help the most vulnerable countries.
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    The Key to Transforming African Health

    Jayati Ghosh highlights efforts to foster scientific innovation and drug manufacturing on the continent.
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    China’s Rebalancing Imperative

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    The most successful development stories almost always involve major shifts in the sources of economic growth, which in turn allow economies to reinvent themselves out of necessity or by design. In China, the interplay of mounting external pressures, lagging household consumption, and falling productivity will increasingly shape China’s policy choices in the years ahead.

     explains why the Chinese authorities should switch to a consumption- and productivity-led growth model.
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    From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America

    Jorge G. Castañeda & Carlos Ominami

    Designing a progressive anti-violence strategy that delivers the safety for which a huge share of Latin Americans crave is perhaps the most difficult challenge facing many of the region’s governments. But it is also the most important.

     urge the region’s progressives to start treating security as an essential component of social protection.
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    The Urgency of Sovereign-Debt Restructuring

    José Antonio Ocampo highlights the need for a comprehensive mechanism to deliver relief to low- and middle-income countries.

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