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What are frontier risks and how can we prepare for them?
"Frontier risks” are characterized by unknown likelihood and/or unknown impacts. Here are five ways leaders can prepare for frontier risks in the future.
Ngaire Woods
BA in Economics and LLB (Hons) in Law, Auckland University; Rhodes Scholar, MPhil and DPhil, University of Oxford. Formerly: taught at Harvard University; Adviser to IMF Board, Commonwealth Heads of Government, UNDP. Founding Dean, Blavatnik School of Government. Founder and Director: Global Economic Governance Programme; Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellowship Programme. Author: The Globalizers - the IMF, the World Bank and their Borrowers; The Politics of Global Regulation. Expertise: international cooperation and global economic institutions.
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With nothing certain for a Brexit deal and the deadline fast approaching, anything could happen - including a final vote. But what are the risks?
Geopolitics
This is why a US-China cold war probably won't happen
As political tensions ramp up, the world is more likely to reach an international system led by four powers, rather than a war between two, writes Ngaire Woods.
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La agricultura post-Brexit de Gran Bretaña
Si el Reino Unido logra aprovechar esta oportunidad, la UE, Estados Unidos y otras economías con sectores agrícolas altamente protegidos podrían seguir sus pasos.
Global Governance
Una agenda práctica para tiempos revolucionarios
Los líderes mundiales deben abandonar su cámara de resonancia y tomarse en serio las preocupaciones de la gente común.
Banking and Capital Markets
How leaders can restore faith in the system
Leaders around the world can no longer ignore demands for radical change, argues Ngaire Woods.
Agile Governance
Post-truth politics isn't inevitable. This is why
Professor Ngaire Woods looks at democratic shifts and changes, but argues that we don't live in world where post-truth politics is inevitable.
Migration
Populism is spreading. This is what's driving it
Ngaire Woods explores political shifts and the rise of populism.
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Across the world, populists are attracting votes with their promises to protect ordinary people from the harsh realities of globalization. What went wrong?
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Should we give money directly to the world's neediest?
Ngaire Woods looks at the global aid system – and the potential benefits of cash transfers.
Financial and Monetary Systems
Why can't the world agree on monetary policy?
Ngaire Woods says the G-20's failure to agree on coordinated action to boost growth may shift the world economy into a new phase of global economic governance.
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Why did the IMF join the eurozone rescue effort?
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