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Vera Songwe

Vera Songwe

Writing for PS since 2020
16 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. A Triple Fiscal Crisis Is Jeopardizing Climate Action
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    A Triple Fiscal Crisis Is Jeopardizing Climate Action

    Dec 16, 2024 Vera Songwe & Guido Schmidt-Traub urge global policymakers to provide low-income countries with the resources to invest in sustainable growth.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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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

    PS editors

    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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