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Jakaya Kikwete

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Jakaya Kikwete, a former president of Tanzania, is Chair of the Global Partnership for Education.

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  1. Global Education Has Reached a Tipping Point
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    Global Education Has Reached a Tipping Point

    Jan 24, 2023 Nana Akufo-Addo & Jakaya Kikwete call on the international community to address crisis-level inequalities of access and opportunity.

  2. The Keys to Universal Health Coverage
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    The Keys to Universal Health Coverage

    Nov 5, 2018 Jakaya Kikwete urges national leaders to stay focused on improving primary care and strengthening data collection.

  3. Educating the Commonwealth
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    Educating the Commonwealth

    Apr 11, 2018 Jakaya Kikwete & Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala call on leaders to make educational access a priority when they gather in London later this month.

  4. Midwives Deliver Lives
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    Midwives Deliver Lives

    Jun 19, 2017 Jakaya Kikwete & Toyin Saraki call on world leaders to make one of the most cost-effective health-care investments possible.

  5. The Path to Universal Education
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    The Path to Universal Education

    Apr 18, 2017 Jakaya Kikwete proposes a new financing facility to ensure that future generations aren't lost, but learning.

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    Is DeepSeek Really a Threat?

    Amar Bhidé

    If vindicated, DeepSeek’s technology could be to large language models what Nikola Tesla’s breakthroughs with alternating current were to electrification. While it cannot overcome the unavoidable limitations of backward-looking statistical models, it could make their price performance good enough for wider use.

     explains what a purported Chinese AI breakthrough does and does not mean for the industry.
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    What’s Wrong With Germany’s Economy?

    Michael Spence

    Germany became a European powerhouse partly because, in the early 2000s, its industrial sectors took over the highest-valued-added segments of global supply chains. Replicating this success today would require Germany to move to the forefront of the digital transformation, and it cannot do that without the EU.

     thinks the country’s prospects depend significantly on closing the digital-technology gap with the US and China.
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    When Companies Fail to Learn, They Learn to Fail

    Ricardo Hausmann explains how the inability to identify and address knowledge gaps can doom even the most promising projects.
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    How to Make Carbon Pricing Work for Africa

    Rim Berahab & Otaviano Canuto argue that policies must be structured to facilitate, not obstruct, the continent’s shift to renewables.
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    Green Free Trade in a Protectionist Age

    Ma Jun envisions regional arrangements that facilitate the exchange of climate-friendly goods and services.
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    Egypt’s Economic Crisis May Not Be Over

    Adnan Mazarei urges the international community to push for long-overdue governance and economic reforms.
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    Climate Displacement Is Also a Health Crisis

    Jayasree K. Iyer proposes a four-pronged strategy to ensure that essential medicines reach vulnerable populations.
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    Europe in Trump’s Crosshairs

    Kenneth Rogoff urges EU policymakers not to allow the new US administration to distract them from key policy priorities.
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    The New Washington Consensus

    Katharina Pistor sees no daylight remaining between US private business and the federal government.

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