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A new economy for the Middle East and North Africa
By Project Syndicate - May 12,2018
By Rabah Arezki and Hafez GhanemWASHINGTON, DC — Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) possess all of the ingredients they need to leapfrog into the digital future.
Solving the productivity puzzle
By Project Syndicate - May 12,2018
By James Manyika and Myron ScholesSAN FRANCISCO — For years, one of the big puzzles in economics has been accounting for declining productivity growth in the United States and other advanced economies.
Beating Malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion
By Project Syndicate - May 06,2018
By Poonam Khetrapal Singh and Shin Young-sooNEW DELHI/MANILA — In Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), the battle against malaria is advancing at a rapid pace.
Saving Venezuela
By Project Syndicate - Apr 19,2018
Enrique ter Horst and Hugo PalmaCARACAS/LIMA — On December 6, 1998, Hugo Chávez was elected president of Venezuela.
Teaching drugs new tricks
By Project Syndicate - Apr 14,2018
By Aris Persidis and Andreas PersidisCHARLOTTESVILLE — Producing effective medicines requires huge investments of time and money. The average drug on the market today spent a decade in the lab and in clinical trials, and cost more than $2 billion to develop.
The neglected solution to the TB crisis
By Project Syndicate - Mar 29,2018
By Joanne Liu and Paul FarmerBOSTON/GENEVA — In an age of rapid technological innovation, it is shameful that almost two million people will die from tuberculosis (TB) this year because they are too poor to afford treatment.
Preventing the balkanisation of the Internet
By Project Syndicate - Mar 29,2018
By Michael Spence and Fred HuBEIJING — The recent revelation that more than 50 million Facebook profiles were harvested by app and given to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica has produced a backlash against the platform.
The neglected menace of pollution
By Project Syndicate - Mar 25,2018
By Philip J. Landrigan and Richard FullerNEW YORK — Pollution is one of the great existential challenges of the twenty-first century. It threatens the stability of ecosystems, undermines economic development, and compromises the health of billions of people.
A networked solution to education reform
By Project Syndicate - Mar 17,2018
by Amy Black and Alexis MentenWASHINGTON, DC — Around the world, some 250 million children are unable to attend school, and many who do have access to a classroom are not learning the skills they need to succeed in life.
A new approach to infrastructure finance
By Project Syndicate - Mar 13,2018
By Justin Yifu Lin, Håvard Halland, and Yan WangBEIJING — Lawmakers in the United States have introduced legislation that, if enacted, would create a new development finance institution (DFI) to replace the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

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