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Sep 30, 2024 | 
ft.com | Mark Malloch-Brown
The writer is a former senior UN and World Bank official and a member of the external advisory panel to the Bretton Woods institutions,...
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Mark Malloch-Brown
What would you want to tell the next U.S. president? FP asked nine thinkers from around the world to write a letter with their advice for him or her. What would you want to tell the next U.S. president? FP asked nine thinkers from around the world to write a letter with their advice for him or her.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Catherine Ashton |Jason Bordoff |Arancha González |Martin Kimani |Mark Malloch-Brown |Danny Quah | +2 more
Politics Elections Economics Science and Technology United States China Russia Europe Jason Bordoff The tradition started with a cartoon elephant and some turkeys. On Jan.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
project-syndicate.org | Mark Malloch-Brown
As wars, humanitarian crises, and other global problems mount, many around the world worry that the United Nations is increasingly incapable of organizing effective multilateral responses. Fortunately, there is no shortage of proposals for reforms that could make it fit for purpose once again.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Mark Malloch-Brown
Many thousands of civilians have reportedly been killed. The number of people displaced from their homes is well into seven figures. Densely populated urban areas have been reduced to rubble. Supplies of electricity, food, and water have been cut off. Hospitals have come under attack. Many of those fleeing, injured, or dead are children.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Mark Malloch-Brown
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Mark Malloch-Brown
Human Rights Ukraine Many thousands of civilians have reportedly been killed. The number of people displaced from their homes is well into seven figures. Densely populated urban areas have been reduced to rubble. Supplies of electricity, food, and water have been cut off. Hospitals have come under attack. Many of those fleeing, injured, or dead are children.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Mark Malloch-Brown
Philanthropy and power have always been closely intertwined. Wealthy men in ancient Athens paid for public goods and services, such as naval defenses, under the so-called liturgical system, in which the richest citizens financed some functions of the state. In many Islamic societies, propertied Muslims have ceded parts of their fortunes to charitable waqf entities that have funded services such as soup kitchens and hospitals.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Mark Malloch-Brown |James M. Lindsay
Philanthropy and power have always been closely intertwined. Wealthy men in ancient Athens paid for public goods and services, such as naval defenses, under the so-called liturgical system, in which the richest citizens financed some functions of the state. In many Islamic societies, propertied Muslims have ceded parts of their fortunes to charitable waqf entities that have funded services such as soup kitchens and hospitals.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Mark Malloch-Brown
The coming year may determine whether the international community is still capable of marshaling coordinated, united responses to shared global problems through collective decision-making bodies such as the United Nations. With wars, conflicts, and other crises spreading, the stakes may be higher than ever. To gain a glimpse of the kind of strains many countries will face in 2024, it can help to focus on the challenges facing a single country. Consider Egypt's recent experience.
