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V. Shankar

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V. Shankar is Co-Founder and CEO of Gateway Partners, a private equity firm that invests in emerging markets.

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  1. What Developing Countries Need to Reach Net Zero
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    What Developing Countries Need to Reach Net Zero

    Oct 11, 2021 V. Shankar says that low- and middle-income countries need time, financial support, and capacity-building assistance.

  2. Africa’s Education Imperative
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    Africa’s Education Imperative

    Sep 8, 2014 V. Shankar describes how to provide Africans with the education, skills, and job opportunities they need.

  3. Africa’s Inclusive Growth Potential
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    Africa’s Inclusive Growth Potential

    Aug 1, 2014 V. Shankar describes the measures needed to make the most of the continent's many opportunities.

  4. The Changing Development Order
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    The Changing Development Order

    Sep 6, 2013 V. Shankar on how to mobilize the private sector for development.

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    Democracy Needs Workers

    Bartosz M. Rydliński urges center-left parties in the West to reconnect with voters who increasingly support far-right populists.
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    The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda

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    Judging by the current paradigm in the technology industry, we cannot rule out the worst of all possible worlds: none of the transformative potential of AI, but all of the labor displacement, misinformation, and manipulation. But it’s not too late to change course.

     fears that the tech industry’s current priorities will result in the worst of all possible worlds.
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    Big Money Beat Bigger Money in the US Election

    Hippolyte Fofack warns that the ultra-rich are corroding US democracy, even if they can’t always spend their way to power.
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    Europe’s Economy Is Stalling Out

    Kenneth Rogoff explains why the EU’s long-term economic slump is not likely to end anytime soon.
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    The Techno-Realist Manifesto

    Nicholas Agar & Stuart Whatley question the widespread belief that all our biggest problems will soon succumb to engineered solutions.
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    Has Angela Merkel No Shame?

    Sławomir Sierakowski marvels at the former German chancellor’s denial of her own role in Europe’s current malaise.
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    Is America the Next Soviet Union?

    Harold James sees parallels between the United States’ political dysfunction and that of its twentieth-century adversary.
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    A New Chance for the Middle East

    Richard Haass sees hope for long-term ceasefires in Lebanon and Gaza if political leaders recognize their own interests.
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    The Unpleasant Surprises That Await Trump

    Moisés Naím thinks the US president-elect – and his voters – are in for a rude domestic and international awakening.

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