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USA – Striking a deal to strengthen broadband access for all (Brookings)

Tom Wheeler President Biden told the joint session of Congress he was asking Vice President Harris to take the lead on the broadband component of...

Israel/Palestine – Cancelled elections overshadowed by renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict (The Strategist)

Melissa George Frustration over President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to delay what would have been the first legislative elections to be held in the Palestinian Territories...

Australia – Budget 2021: Nation-building’s lost opportunities (The Strategist)

Gill Savage The 2021–2022 federal budget focuses on ‘securing Australia’s recovery’ but it has accepted the assumptions of the past by limiting investment to road...

Afghanistan/Australia – Afghanistan withdrawal will increase terror threat to Australia (The Strategist)

Oved Lobel Reportedly against the advice of all of his senior military and intelligence officials, US President Joe Biden has opted to continue the irresponsible policy of...

(Not) Lost in Foresight. Structuring Futures Complexity in a Politically Meaningful Way (SWP)

Lars Brozus From the perspective of policymakers, planning for the many uncertainties that the future brings is a complicated task. Because of the growing complexity...

Foreign direct investment can help global value chain integration (World Bank blogs)

CHRISTINE ZHENWEI QIANG, YAN LIU, VICTOR STEENBERGEN Global Value Chains (GVCs) have boosted productivity growth and structural transformation in many developing countries, by allowing them to specialize...

In 38 countries, women can still be fired for being pregnant (World Bank blogs)

OLENA MYKHALCHENKO, ISABEL SANTAGOSTINO RECAVARREN On the eve of the International day of Families, we are shining a light on the lack of responsive, family-oriented policies that...

How Strengthening Standards for Data and Disclosure Can Make for a Greener Future (IMF blog)

Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Ranjit Singh, and Felix Suntheim Imagine you plan to invest your savings and are looking for a firm or sector with a sustainable business...

Africa – The Policymaker’s Trilemma (IMF blog)

Abebe Aemro Selassie and Andrew Tiffin Imagine you’re a policymaker in sub-Saharan Africa. You’ve been charged with lifting your country out of the worst health crisis in...

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