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Laws, Data, and Empowerment: Insights from UNDP’s Women’s Empowerment Index and World Bank’s Women Business and Law Index

When it comes to improving economic outcomes for women and women’s empowerment, effective action requires reliable data. Yet, data capturing…

6 months ago

Strategic autonomy for Europe requires economic growth

The current US administration’s willingness to weaponise trade makes clear that transatlantic economic relations have become entirely transactional. This column,…

6 months ago

Europe’s trade surplus, international relative prices, and the productivity growth gap

The euro area faces persistently weak productivity growth alongside a sustained trade surplus and a trendless real exchange rate. This…

6 months ago

Tariffs and US dollar depreciations: Not so surprising after all

The sharp depreciation of the US dollar (USD) following the ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements on 2 April 2025 appeared to…

6 months ago

Trumpian tariffs are import substitution industrialisation 2.0

The new Trumpian tariffs are not the familiar protectionism G7 nations have applied for decades. Instead of shielding particular sectors,…

6 months ago

Public policy can encourage physicians to practice in underserved areas

Many communities in the US, especially those in rural areas, have limited access to healthcare. For example, some areas have…

6 months ago

Future jobs: AI, robots, and jobs in developing countries

Studies of the impact of robots on labour markets often conceptualise jobs as bundles of distinct tasks. In such frameworks,…

6 months ago

How institutions interact with exchange rates after the 2024 US presidential election

The US presidential election of 6 November 2024 was not only a political turning point in Washington. Within minutes of…

6 months ago

The (non) effect of tariffs on manufacturing employment

The two most prominent arguments President Trump has advanced for his trade war – both during the early months of…

6 months ago

The financial sector and global dollar system

The current US administration’s approach to financial markets and institutions mixes familiar deregulatory policies with a range of other policies…

6 months ago