Jayati Ghosh, author at Social Europe

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If corporate interests undermine efforts to reduce plastic manufacturing, they will derail the fight against climate change.

The jolt for Narendra Modi, Jayati Ghosh writes, should also make western leaders look in the mirror.

Multilateral development banks believe private investment can meet developing economies’ climate and development needs.

Narendra Modi aims to return to power, Jayati Ghosh writes, against a backdrop of unprecedented inequality.

Those with seats at the table of the international financial institutions, Jayati Ghosh writes, cling to their power.

A genuine assault on individual and corporate tax evasion, Jayati Ghosh writes, would tap vast revenue resources.

Rising inequality is a challenge for the multilateral system, Jayati Ghosh writes, which must first measure it properly.

The June summit promised to catalyse a revolution in climate finance but concluded without a single firm commitment.

Making the global food system more sustainable and equitable is hugely complex and involves difficult trade-offs.

Jayati Ghosh writes that, as with much else, bilateral tax treaties binding rich and poor countries are not equal partnerships.

Jayati Ghosh warns against historically disastrous approaches to the sovereign-debt crisis hitting low- and middle-income countries.

The over-reliance on interest-rate increases will likely lead to economic disaster in low- and middle-income countries.

In a world of interlocking crises, Jayati Ghosh finds an antidote to despair in the potential of mobilisation for a new eco-social contract.

The world needs a pandemic preparedness and response strategy built on equitable and representative decision-making.