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Bretton Woods at 75: Global Cooperation under Threat

Posted Jul 15, 2019 |  by Financial Times, Martin Wolf

The Bretton Woods ideal has shaped the post-second world war era largely because of its commitment to institutionalised cooperation. Between 1950 and 2017 the volume of world trade increased 39 times, and global income per capita grew fourfold as population roughly trebled. But in this article for the Financial Times, Martin Wolf identifies... Read More

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More than Half of the World’s Poor are Children

Posted on Jun 29, 2019 | in category: Reducing poverty and improving equity | by Brookings Institution, Katharina Fenz, Kristofer Hamel

Since 2016, the Earth’s poorest people have fallen by some 55 million, but the speed of poverty reduction Read More

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Common Futures Conversations Youth Survey 2019

Posted on Jul 07, 2019 | in category: Sharing core norms and values | by Chatham House, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Benjamin Horton, Leah de Haan

Chatham House, in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, has canvassed the opinions of young people from across Africa and Europe as part of their Common Futures Conversations Read More

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Energy as a Source of Economic Growth and Social Mobility

Posted on Jun 30, 2019 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sarah Ladislaw, Jesse Barnett

In this report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sarah Ladislaw and Jesse Barnett highlight the new, extra-energy objectives that energy policy must advance and evaluates...  Read More

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Behind the Veil: Women in Jihad after the Caliphate - How the Islamic State has expanded the Role of Women in Jihad and what that means for the Future of Jihad

Posted on Jul 07, 2019 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Lowy Institute, Lydia Khalil

Since the times of the Prophet Muhammad, there has not been consensus in Muslim religious literature on the acceptability of women taking up arms. With the demise of the caliphate and the Islamic...  Read More

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The Governance of the International Monetary Fund at Age 75

Posted on Jul 07, 2019 | in category: Improving global governance | by Brookings Institution, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Kemal Dervis

In joining the IMF, countries agreed to fixed-but-adjustable exchange rates, with the IMF monitoring their balance of payments and providing short-term financing to off-set temporary imbalances....  Read More

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Women and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Posted on Jun 29, 2019 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Chatham House, Gitika Bhardwaj

Some machine learning applications have been found to replicate the social biases on gender fed into them. In exploring the progress of women in international affairs, Gitika Bhardwaj of...  Read More

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