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Financing Sustainable Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond - An analysis and assessment of innovative policy options
The “paper picks some of the most promising and most innovative proposals” from the May 2020 UN policy dialogue entitled “Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond” and examines the “political feasibility of each of the proposals” and their potential (Ellmers 2020).
Imagine Philanthropy for Europe
This explorative research provides insights into philanthropic engagement for Europe – an idea we refer to as philanthropy with a European purpose – and found that Europe is at crossroads and philanthropy is needed to take action. (European Cultural Foundation, Allianz Kulturstiftung for Europe, 2020).
The Cost of Merkel's Surrender to Hungarian and Polish Extortion
“German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been laboring under enormous pressure to prevent a veto of the European Union's 2021-27 budget and COVID-19 recovery fund. But the compromise she reached with Hungary and Poland is the worst of all possible worlds” (George Soros, 2020).
The Trustbusters Come for Facebook. Finally.
“Regulators could have imposed conditions on or even prevented Facebook, Google and others from pursuing deals that solidified their dominance. But they didn’t, and now they’re seeking to correct their apparent mistakes” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
A Chance to Repair the Cracks in Our Democracy
“Amid a worsening pandemic, a record number of voters in the United States elected Joseph R. Biden Jr. president, marking an end to the administration of Donald J. Trump. But President Trump had refused to commit himself to a peaceful transfer of presidential power even before he lost his bid for re-election” (Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2020).
The United States Must Marshal the "Free World"
“The “un-free” world seeks to undermine international norms, Western liberal values, and democracy itself...Biden will need to marshal the very strengths that define democratic government if he is to both mend domestic wounds and temper the threats that face democracies globally” (Alexander Vindman, 2020).
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on technocrats replacing Africa’s kleptocrats
“Instead of trying to work around governments, the aid agencies, foundations and companies operating in Africa could partner with the public sector and commit funds annually to improve the education and training of young Africans and mid-career professionals to improve government effectiveness” (Ellen Johnson Sirfleaf, 2020).
New Toolkit Empowers Civic Activists Across the Globe to Combat Corruption
Anti-Corruption Toolkit for Civic Activists can be used "to advocate for social or political change through collective discussion, organization and action." Using this Toolkit, civic activists, journalists and others worldwide can develop effective approaches to combatting corruption that are tailored to specific local contexts. (International Republican Institute, 2020).
Responding to Terrorism in France
“In the wake of two horrific incidents of Islamist terrorism in France, President Emmanuel Macron and many of his countrymen have reacted angrily to criticism from abroad suggesting that French policies, and especially the French version of state-enforced secularism, somehow contributed to the lethal radicalization of a sliver of the country’s large Muslim population” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
A Return to Decency
“American democracy was challenged by Mr. Trump at its very heart — respect for truth — and resisted”. When Joe Biden takes office, “decency will return to the White House, a fundamental moral shift. Dictators the world over will no longer have carte blanche to do their worst unchallenged” (Roger Cohen, 2020).
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