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Philippe Le Houérou

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Philippe Le Houérou is a former CEO of the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries.

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  1. Growing Out of the Developing-Country Debt Crisis
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    Growing Out of the Developing-Country Debt Crisis

    May 24, 2023 Ishac Diwan & Philippe Le Houérou show how multilateral banks can stave off a cascade of government defaults by scaling up concessional lending.

  2. Priorities for Saving the Private Sector
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    Priorities for Saving the Private Sector

    Aug 13, 2020 Philippe Le Houérou urges governments in developing countries to focus on three areas to ensure a robust post-pandemic recovery.

  3. Fostering Arab Entrepreneurship
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    Fostering Arab Entrepreneurship

    Jul 20, 2017 Philippe Le Houérou urges the region's governments to recognize their interest in nurturing startup ecosystems.

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    Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

    Ban Ki-moon, et al. urges oil-exporting countries to kickstart a program of green investment in the Global South at COP28.
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    Germany’s Debt Brake Is Breaking Its Economy

    Marcel Fratzscher warns that a flawed constitutional rule is undermining the country’s ability to pursue essential reforms.
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    Why COP28 Has Already Failed

    Marta Schaaf & Kristine Beckerle say that the UAE’s repression of dissidents and rights activists serves defenders of the climate status quo.
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    In AI, Capital Wins Again

    Katharina Pistor shows why OpenAI’s efforts to preserve its founding non-profit mission never stood any chance.
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    Justice for Climate Migrants

    Sameh Shoukry & Amy E. Pope urge leaders to take a holistic approach to addressing the sharp increase in weather-related displacement.
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    Antara Haldar on behavioral economics, development models, global governance, and more

    Antara Haldar advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
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    The New Normal for Central Banks

    Lucrezia Reichlin asks why the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank keep providing liquidity directly to banks.
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    The False Choice Between Palestinian and Jewish Liberation

    Shlomo Ben-Ami

    The prevailing narrative that frames Israel as a colonial power suppressing Palestinians’ struggle for statehood grossly oversimplifies a complicated conflict and inadvertently vindicates the region’s most oppressive regimes. Achieving a durable, lasting peace requires moving beyond such facile analogies.

     rejects the facile moralism of those who view the ongoing war through the narrow lens of decolonization.
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    The Rage of the Outsiders

    Ian Buruma

    The far-right populist Geert Wilders’ election victory in the Netherlands reflects the same sentiment that powered Brexit and Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016. But such outcomes could not happen without the cynicism displayed over the past few decades by traditional conservative parties.

     shows what Geert Wilders has in common with other ultra-nationalist politicians, past and present.

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