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Ethiopis Tafara

Ethiopis Tafara

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Ethiopis Tafara is Vice President for Corporate Risk and Sustainability and General Counsel at the International Finance Corporation.

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  1. Improving the Sustainability of Development Finance
    Bangladesh mobile banking MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images

    Improving the Sustainability of Development Finance

    Mar 7, 2018 Ethiopis Tafara says that achieving the world's development goals demands better risk management by emerging-market banks.

  2. Doing Well by Doing Good
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    Doing Well by Doing Good

    Jun 27, 2016 Ethiopis Tafara examines some of the growing number of companies that are making profits and improving the world.

  3. Capital Markets for Development
    India poverty Chris JL/Flickr

    Capital Markets for Development

    May 22, 2015 Ethiopis Tafara describes how poor countries would benefit by adopting advanced countries' financing mechanisms.

  1. kosenko4_Justin TallisGettyImages_zelensky_starmer_macron Justin Tallis/Getty Images

    Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia

    Andrew Kosenko & Joseph E. Stiglitz

    If European leaders want to follow through on their statements in support of Ukraine following America’s betrayal of the country, they must seize the moment by seizing Russia’s assets. Europe has become the world’s bulwark against the rising tide of authoritarianism, and it can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses.

    urge European governments to seize the $220 billion of Russian assets frozen in their jurisdictions.
  2. gulrajani1_Kayla BartkowskiGettyImages_usaid_name_removed Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

    Making a Better Case for Foreign Aid

    Nilima Gulrajani urges policymakers to formulate an alternative vision of how such a system should work in a post-USAID world.
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    The Future of World Order

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers whether US President Donald Trump's second presidency represents a global paradigm shift.
  4. davies93_ Harold CunninghamGetty Images_BIS Harold Cunningham/Getty Images

    Can Global Banking Rules Survive in a Fractured World?

    Howard Davies warns that changes in US foreign policy jeopardize efforts to create a common regulatory framework.
  5. krueger84_Justin SullivanGetty Images_UStrade Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt Mexico – and America

    Anne O. Krueger thinks the US administration’s trade restrictions will end up undermining its stated immigration goals.
  6. mahroum23_Andrew HarnikGettyImages_elon_musk_cabinet_meeting Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    Americans Will Miss Their Government When It’s Gone

    Sami Mahroum explains what will follow from the indiscriminate gutting of federal agencies and mass firings.
  7. frankel169_Alex WongGettyImages_trump_gulf_of_america Alex Wong/Getty Images

    Trump’s Imaginary Victories

    Jeffrey Frankel

    On February 4, Donald Trump pretended that mild concessions by Canada and Mexico warranted a 30-day postponement of tariffs, and he will probably postpone them again. This reflects a broader pattern: Trump declares war, and when it becomes apparent that he cannot win, he pretends he already has.

    says that to call the US president a “transactional” leader is to ignore his utter lack of strategic thinking.
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    Greenland’s Future Must Be Decided by Greenland’s People

    Simon Johnson dismisses the argument that US national security depends on gaining control over the island.
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    Nature Needs Its Own ID

    Midori Paxton shows how digital tools can drive a data-driven approach to protecting our planet’s environmental health.

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