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Climate Action Requires Debt Relief

Vera Songwe, Moritz Kraemer WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 27 (PS): Today’s global economic turmoil is not just about trade. As G20 finance ministers gather in Washington this week during the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has warned that growing economic

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Dumping Biomass in the Ocean Is Not a Climate Solution

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What African Electrification Requires

We know that this can work. In 2024, Africa’s power sector achieved another year of double-digit growth, largely owing to

Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI

This poses an extremely complex and difficult challenge for insurance companies, which have understandably been struggling to cope. In recent

Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?

Encouragingly, the cost of AI development is beginning to decline. While OpenAI’s GPT-4 cost $100 million to train, the Chinese

This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

The urgency of the current crisis cannot be overstated. Over half of the 68 countries eligible for the International Monetary

Why China’s Marriage Crisis Matters

Can China’s government resolve the contradiction between its economic ambitions and its demographic reality? Judging by its past efforts, no

Europe and the Next World Order

Until now, the EU’s need for unanimity has rendered it ineffective and too slow to act, owing to the considerable

Authoritarianism Is Turkey’s Biggest Economic Risk

Protests erupted across the country, from Istanbul and Ankara to İzmir, Konya, Diyarbakır, and beyond. For many of the millions