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Rakesh Mohan, a former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, is a member of the Economic Advisory Panel to the World Bank President Ajay Banga, President Emeritus of the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, and a member of the Task Force on Climate, Development, and the International Monetary Fund.

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  1. What a Climate-Aligned IMF Would Look Like
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    What a Climate-Aligned IMF Would Look Like

    Apr 19, 2024 Mohamed Nasheed & Rakesh Mohan explain how the managing director can fully position the institution to help the most vulnerable countries.

  2. The IMF’s Turn to Lead on Climate
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    The IMF’s Turn to Lead on Climate

    May 31, 2023 Rakesh Mohan, et al. explain how the International Monetary Fund can best support green investment where it is needed the most.

  3. The Changing Face of Work in India
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    The Changing Face of Work in India

    Jul 17, 2017 Rakesh Mohan & Anu Madgavkar argue that official data fail to capture the structural shift in the country's labor market.

  4. The Working Women Windfall
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    The Working Women Windfall

    Jun 8, 2016 Rakesh Mohan & Anu Madgavkar map out a path for boosting global GDP by promoting gender equality.

  5. India’s Economic Hotspots
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    India’s Economic Hotspots

    Nov 19, 2014 Anu Madgavkar & Rakesh Mohan advises investors to look beyond India's national GDP data to lesser-known high-growth clusters.

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    Leveraging Islamic Finance for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

    Muhammad Al Jasser shows how a hybrid financing model could help fund desperately needed projects in the developing world.
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    Adekeye Adebajo on the Non-Aligned Movement, United Nations peacekeeping, African institution-building, and more

    Adekeye Adebajo argues that Israel’s war in Gaza is accelerating the trend toward global apartheid, highlights the strengths and weaknesses of United Nations peacekeeping missions, criticizes the militarization of US engagement with Africa, and more.
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    Europe’s Non-European Elections

    Alberto Alemanno highlights structural flaws that impede the European Union’s ability to address its current and future challenges.
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    A Turning Point for Clean Cooking

    Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak & Joseph Nganga

    The models are in place to achieve clean cooking for all, which would have enormous benefits for the climate, health, and gender equality. Now rich-country governments, the private sector, and international organizations must agree to provide the necessary funding at this week’s IEA Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa.

     urge global leaders to provide the financing to end a practice with dire effects for health and the climate.
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    Why the US Can’t Win the Trade War With China – and Shouldn’t Try

    Qiyuan Xu argues that high capital outflows – largely a result of US policy – have resulted in an undervalued renminbi.
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    The Dilemmas of the Dollar

    Barry Eichengreen

    The dollar's strength, particularly against major Asian currencies, has triggered a wave of skittishness in financial markets. Can anything be done to stem the greenback's rise, and even if something can be done, should it?

     asks whether anything can or should be done about the greenback's strength, especially against Asian currencies.
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    Clean Cooking Advances Women’s Empowerment

    Rachel Ruto outlines a gender-based strategy for improving energy access and reducing air pollution in Africa.
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    There Can Be No Business as Usual for European Industry

    Judith Kirton-Darling urges EU leaders to make a renewed Green Deal, backed by competitiveness-bolstering initiatives, a top priority.
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    Protests of Despair

    Slavoj Žižek sees the pro-Palestinian student demonstrations as a signal of a much deeper, widespread malaise.

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