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Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: SDG Awareness and Action – A Report From the Global Exchange CommunityEvan Harvey, Nasdaq: SDG Awareness and Action – A Report From the Global Exchange Community

Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: SDG Awareness and Action – A Report From the Global Exchange Community

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems by the year 2030, but progress…

5 years ago
Jim O’Neill: A Living Wage for CapitalismJim O’Neill: A Living Wage for Capitalism

Jim O’Neill: A Living Wage for Capitalism

At 3.6%, unemployment in the United States remains near its lowest level since the late 1960s. There are even signs…

5 years ago
Klaus Schwab: What Kind of Capitalism Do We Want?Klaus Schwab: What Kind of Capitalism Do We Want?

Klaus Schwab: What Kind of Capitalism Do We Want?

What kind of capitalism do we want? That may be the defining question of our era. If we want to…

5 years ago
Mohamed A El-Erian: How the IMF Can Battle Gradual IrrelevanceMohamed A El-Erian: How the IMF Can Battle Gradual Irrelevance

Mohamed A El-Erian: How the IMF Can Battle Gradual Irrelevance

This year, I didn’t attend the October annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington,…

5 years ago
Jim O’Neill: The Return of Fiscal PolicyJim O’Neill: The Return of Fiscal Policy

Jim O’Neill: The Return of Fiscal Policy

As we enter the last quarter of 2019 (and of the decade), cyclical indicators point to a slowing world economy…

5 years ago
EBRD: Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure Helps Advance the UN’s SDG AgendaEBRD: Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure Helps Advance the UN’s SDG Agenda

EBRD: Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure Helps Advance the UN’s SDG Agenda

At the beginning of this year, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) created the Sustainable Infrastructure Group (SIG).…

5 years ago
World Bank on Social Protection in Africa: Can Safety Nets Close the Poverty Gap in Burkina Faso and Ensure Family Welfare?World Bank on Social Protection in Africa: Can Safety Nets Close the Poverty Gap in Burkina Faso and Ensure Family Welfare?

World Bank on Social Protection in Africa: Can Safety Nets Close the Poverty Gap in Burkina Faso and Ensure Family Welfare?

With focused and courageous policy decisions, Burkina Faso’s government can cover the country’s poor with an effective and efficient safety…

6 years ago
Malpass Shows Pragmatism and Relevant Smarts in his New RoleMalpass Shows Pragmatism and Relevant Smarts in his New Role

Malpass Shows Pragmatism and Relevant Smarts in his New Role

Some critics see the nomination and election of the new president of the World Bank, David Malpass, as a continuation…

6 years ago
Mohamed A El-Erian: America’s Unusual Recovery is Now Also its LongestMohamed A El-Erian: America’s Unusual Recovery is Now Also its Longest

Mohamed A El-Erian: America’s Unusual Recovery is Now Also its Longest

Data released over the next few months will show that the current US economic expansion is the longest on record.…

6 years ago
Otaviano Canuto, Center for Macroeconomics and Development: Is There a Middle-Income Trap?Otaviano Canuto, Center for Macroeconomics and Development: Is There a Middle-Income Trap?

Otaviano Canuto, Center for Macroeconomics and Development: Is There a Middle-Income Trap?

The “middle-income trap” has become a broad designation trying to capture the many cases of developing countries that succeeded in…

6 years ago