By Rabah Arezki and Tarik M. YousefJEDDAH/DOHA — An unprecedented experiment in economic and social transformation is playing out in Saudi Arabia, and the outcome could have profound implications for the entire Arab world.

By Emmanuel Macron, Mia Amor Mottley, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Olaf Scholz, Fumio Kishida, William Ruto, Macky Sall, Cyril Ramaphosa, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Rishi Sunak and Joseph Biden Jr.PARIS — We are urgently working to deliver mo

By Michael Fakhri, Elisabetta Recine, and Sofia MonsalveuEUGENE/BRASÍLIA/HEIDELBERG — When former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January 2019, one of his first acts in office was to abolish the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (CONSEA), a glo

By Mia Mottley and Werner HoyerPARIS — In a world beset by rising temperatures, extreme weather patterns, and escalating natural disasters, the urgency of decisive action on climate change and the threat of future pandemics has never been more apparent.

By Barry Eichengreen and Ruurd BrouwerAMSTERDAM — Global leaders assembled in Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, popularly known as the Macron Summit.

By Sébastien Treyer and Bertrand BadréPARIS — Lack of investment for sustainable development in the world’s poorest, most vulnerable countries is one of the most pressing global issues today, especially now that many of these countries are in debt distress, or will be soon.

By Rania Al-Mashat and Erik BerglöfCAIRO — The gap between the resources needed to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 and the resources that are available currently amounts to trillions of dollars — and is still growing.

By Simon Johnson, Daron Acemoglu, and Sylvia BarmackCAMBRIDGE — Fiction writers have long imagined scenarios in which every human action is monitored by some malign centralised authority.

By M. Niaz Asadullah and Syed Abul BasherKUALA LUMPUR — Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has long been the most prominent global institution for promoting financial stability, calls to create regional alternatives are growing louder.