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Mark Lowcock

Mark Lowcock

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Mark Lowcock is UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.

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  1. Investing in Data Saves Lives
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    Investing in Data Saves Lives

    Jun 1, 2021 Mark Lowcock & Raj Shah show how filling critical information gaps can enable earlier and more effective humanitarian responses.

  2. Tackling the COVID Hunger Crisis
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    Tackling the COVID Hunger Crisis

    Feb 11, 2021 Gordon Brown & Mark Lowcock call for immediate international action to prevent widespread starvation and keep children in school.

  3. Prevent the Next Food Crisis Now
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    Prevent the Next Food Crisis Now

    Jan 29, 2021 Mark Lowcock & Axel van Trotsenburg urge the international community to adopt an anticipatory approach to the growing hunger pandemic.

  4. Ending Sexual Harassment and Abuse at the UN
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    Ending Sexual Harassment and Abuse at the UN

    Jan 16, 2018 Mark Lowcock & William Lacy Swing tout the organization's efforts to create a culture of accountability and zero tolerance for exploitation.

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    Europe’s New Power Trio

    Simon Toubeau foresees Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, and Manfred Weber boosting the bloc’s security and economy.
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    Canada Must Learn From the Green Backlash

    Jonathan D. Ostry calls for climate policies to reflect social realities, instead of being based solely on economic efficiency.
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    Will There Be a Sustained US Market Selloff?

    Dambisa Moyo identifies several indicators that investors and business leaders should keep an eye on.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal, but That Won’t Matter

    Aziz Huq sees an unlawful trade war as a window into America’s crumbling constitutional order.
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    Let Afghan Women Lead

    Palwasha Hassan & Shafiqa Khpalwak urge the international community to support some of the world's most repressed yet tenacious people.
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    Saving Ukraine

    By choosing to side with the aggressor in the Ukraine war, President Donald Trump’s administration has effectively driven the final nail into the coffin of US global leadership. Unless Europe fills the void – first and foremost by supporting Ukraine – it faces the prospect of more chaos and conflict in the years to come.

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    Abundance and Its Discontents

    James Livingston

    For most of human history, economic scarcity was a constant – the condition that had to be escaped, mitigated, or rationalized. Why, then, is scarcity's opposite regarded as a problem?

    asks why the absence of economic scarcity is viewed as a problem rather than a cause for celebration.
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    Free to read

    What Role for the Bond Vigilantes?

    J. Bradford DeLong, et al. consider whether the return of the “bond vigilantes” will become a persistent issue for major economies
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    Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World

    Olivier Blanchard & Jean Pisani-Ferry identify four big global challenges that can still be tackled through “coalitions of the willing.”

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