While the headlines of the global debt debate often center on high-income countries, a quieter but no less consequential crisis is unfolding across the developing…
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Last month’s blog on the Global Governance website (What Happened to the Peace Dividend?) focused on the calamities of war and questioned its utility as…
I was a young economist at the International Monetary Fund in the early 1990s working in its main policy-making department and, on the side, going…
Where do women stand internationally in 2024? The just-released third edition of the Gender Equality and Governance Index (GEGI) attempts to answer that question by looking at…
The debate around the need to reform the global financial architecture to address its vulnerabilities is a vitally important part of a broader debate about…
Many political analysts globally are increasingly alarmed; we seem to be approaching one of the most dangerous periods since the end of World War II. …
Years ago, one of us was walking with a colleague who had experience working in the UN Secretary-General’s Office. He asked, pointedly: “Do you think…
It seems each day provides us a fresh reason for pessimism. A new demonstration of the fraying social contract, especially at the international level. The…
Any realistic view of our present global situation must acknowledge that we are experiencing rapid political, social and environmental deterioration. Unfortunately, parallels to the storm…
This is the third in a series of articles published by the Global Governance Forum addressing many of the issues raised in “A Breakthrough for…