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John W. McArthur

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John W. McArthur is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution.

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  1. How Is the World Really Doing on the SDGs?
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    How Is the World Really Doing on the SDGs?

    Oct 1, 2024 Homi Kharas & John W. McArthur offer a balanced assessment of the forms and pace of progress made since 2015.

  2. Rebooting the Sustainable Development Goals
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    Rebooting the Sustainable Development Goals

    Jul 19, 2024 John W. McArthur & Zia Khan urge political, business, and civil-society leaders to foster the big ideas needed to meet the 2030 targets.

  3. Let the Great Transition Begin
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    Let the Great Transition Begin

    Jan 7, 2021 Zia Khan & John W. McArthur urge world leaders to focus on building a new post-crisis future, rather than returning to the status quo ante.

  4. Lessons From an Age of Progress
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    Lessons From an Age of Progress

    Mar 17, 2017 John W. McArthur applies insights from the Millennium Development Goals to current global development efforts.

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

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    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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