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A wide view of the first leaders’ dialogue held during the 2023 SDG Summit. It was clear that the world is taking far too long to achieve the SDGs. Photo: UN

The global economy’s unsolved problems

A string of high-level meetings this year have produced a number of proposals for dealing with key global challenges, from unsustainable public debt to climate change. But few decisions have been...

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What local governments need to lead

China and India have fewer people than the UN thinks

China and India have fewer people than the UN thinks

Complex and lengthy environmental and social safeguard reviews are sometimes more stringent than those adopted by the Bank’s wealthy shareholders in their own countries. Photo: Reuters

Rebooting the World Bank

Illustration: TBS

Equitable capitalism or bust

Bernard Haykel. TBS Sketch.

Why the Saudis won't pump more oil

Academic independence cannot be guaranteed if financial donations come with expectations of intellectual conformity and political compliance. Photo: Reuters

When money smells

Illustration from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past fly over London. Source: Getty

The ghost of christmas inflation

Illustration: TBS

Putin's last gasp?

US President Biden is likely to continue Trump-era punitive measures against China. PHOTO: REUTERS

The resistible rise of US-China conflict

In Afghanistan, the failure of America’s state-building efforts could not be any starker. Photo: Reuters

America's flawed state-building enterprise

Humankind – particularly in developed countries and large emerging economies – is responsible for global warming. Photo: Project Syndicate

National egoism versus planetary responsibility

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Put central bankers in their place