Surmounting the challenges of globalization

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Globalisation issues as seen by the Deputy Managing Director of the IMF.

Short, polemical statement on the actions needed on globalisation issues from senior IMF official, arguing that:

besides finding solutions to problems, we need to find ways to implement them effectively
we need to ensure that measures are taken to meet internationally agreed targets
we need to revisit the institutions of global governance, to establish mechanisms to implement global solutions to global problems and to ensure that governments become more accountable

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Our collective interest: why Europe’s problems need global solutions and global problems need European action