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Why the middle class can be a weapon against climate change
Homi Kharas, from the Brookings Institute, explores how we can balance middle class expansion and a healthy planet.
Homi Kharas
Homi Kharas is a senior fellow and deputy director for the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings Institution. Formerly a chief economist in the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank, Kharas currently studies policies and trends influencing developing countries, including aid to poor countries, the emergence of a middle class, the food crisis and global governance and the G20. His most recent co-authored books are Getting to Scale (Brookings Press, 2013), After the Spring: Economic Transitions in the Arab World (Oxford University Press, 2012) and Catalyzing Development: A New Vision for Aid (Brookings Press, 2011)
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