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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 13, 2023
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
The Global Governance of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic diseases, naturally transmissible between humans and animals, have posed a growing public health threat for decades. However, existing institutional arrangements have fallen short. The wide-…
July 5, 2016
Technology and Innovation
Women in Tech as a Driver for Growth in Emerging Economies
Overview As the world transitions to an increasingly digital economy, many low- and middle-income countries face an obstacle: most emerging economies lack qualified people to fill critical informa…
December 1, 1999
Emerging Markets
Building the Financial Infrastructure for Middle Class Emerging Economies
Overview The export-led growth model for emerging economies is driven by their need to service external debt and build foreign exchange reserves. It has foundered in the aftermath of financial cri…
June 10, 1999
Financial Markets
Private Capital Flows, Emerging Economies, and International Financial Architecture
Overview Firms and development strategies based on a rear-view mirror view will leave companies, projects, and entrepreneurs scrambling for capital access. The control of capital in the developed …
June 1, 2017
Development
Building Inclusive Economies
Given the strong evidence of the returns on women’s economic inclusion, this issue merits a higher place on the U.S. economic and foreign policy agenda. The Donald J. Trump administration should build on recent reforms to promote inclusive economies and launch an effort to address legal barriers to women’s economic participation; increase access to capital, especially among small- and medium-sized enterprises; catalyze investment in women; promote technology and innovation; and support research and data collection in this area.
