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Vera Songwe

Vera Songwe

Writing for PS since 2020
15 commentaries

Vera Songwe, Founder and Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, is Senior Adviser at the Bank for International Settlements’ Financial Stability Institute, and Co-Chair of the Group of Experts to the G20 Taskforce for a Global Mobilization Against Climate Change.

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  1. What the G20 Can Do for Green Growth
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    What the G20 Can Do for Green Growth

    Oct 23, 2024 Mariana Mazzucato & Vera Songwe explain how the world’s premier economic grouping can keep global climate targets on track.

  2. Curbing Debt-Fueled Unrest in Emerging Markets
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    Curbing Debt-Fueled Unrest in Emerging Markets

    Aug 14, 2024 Vera Songwe & Ishac Diwan propose a strategy for stabilizing economies that have become illiquid but are not insolvent.

  3. A New Dawn for US-African Cooperation?
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    A New Dawn for US-African Cooperation?

    May 28, 2024 Vera Songwe identifies three ways that the United States can ultimately help itself by helping the continent.

  4. Developing Countries’ Liquidity Crisis Is Not Over
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    Developing Countries’ Liquidity Crisis Is Not Over

    Apr 16, 2024 Ishac Diwan & Vera Songwe urge global policymakers to prevent mass insolvency and finance urgent climate projects.

  5. Developing Countries Need Debt Relief to Act on Climate Change
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    Developing Countries Need Debt Relief to Act on Climate Change

    Jan 24, 2024 Ishac Diwan & Vera Songwe propose a mechanism for freeing up the fiscal space low-income economies need to invest in green growth.

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    Human Progress in the Trump Era

    Tawakkol Karman, et al. propose ways to foster a culture of cooperation at a time of rising conflict and democratic erosion.
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    Elon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy

    Jeffrey Frankel

    It is often said that a businessman like Donald Trump or Elon Musk will know how to put America’s fiscal house in order. But between Trump’s planned tax cuts and Musk’s absurd estimate of how much federal spending can be reduced, the smart money says they have no idea what they are doing.

    dives into the incoming US administration’s absurd claim that fresh tax cuts will not increase the deficit.
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    The Deal Trump Should Offer China

    Todd G. Buchholz

    To address what he sees as an unfair Sino-American economic relationship, Donald Trump should focus not on trade but on China's currency manipulation and massive holdings of US debt. After all, why saddle US consumers with higher costs when you can demand reparations directly from a foreign competitor?

    proposes that the incoming US administration push for a debt write-off and market access instead of tariffs.
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    Central and Eastern Europe’s Bid for AI Dominance

    Soňa Muzikárová outlines steps policymakers can take to harness the technology’s potential to boost growth and prosperity.
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    Can Technology End Corruption?

    Azalina Othman Said thinks that powerful new digital tools can help, but only if governments commit to upholding the rule of law.
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    Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet

    Sophie Scherger warns that soil-storage offsets may serve as a smokescreen for polluting industries.
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    Putin’s March of Folly

    Carl Bildt argues that Russia’s president has only his own poor decisions to blame for his country’s loss of status.
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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    Ricardo Hausmann shows how developing countries can accelerate global decarbonization while creating new growth opportunities.
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    Trump’s Bad COP

    Jayati Ghosh says the Paris climate agreement’s future depends on how other countries respond to the new US administration.

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