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January 21, 2025, Video: "As a revival of economic nationalism and industrial policy reshapes the world, governments are racing to shore up their readiness to attract investment…
January 8, 2025, Opinion: "When tariffs are moderate and used to complement a domestic investment agenda, they need not do much harm; they can even be useful. When they are…
October 11, 2024, Opinion: "Although middle powers like India, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, and Nigeria are unlikely to form a bloc of their own, they are well-…
September 9, 2024, Opinion: "Dani Rodrik weighs the trade-offs between combating climate change, global poverty, and rich countries' middle-class decline."
July 2024, Paper: "Manufacturing generates very little employment in the developing world. Urban jobs are predominantly informal, unproductive, and in services. It seems unlikely…
July 2024, Paper: "Manufacturing generates very little employment in the developing world. Urban jobs are predominantly informal, unproductive, and in services. It seems unlikely…
July 10, 2024, Opinion: "The new left that is emerging in Europe and the US must confront head-on both the new structure of the economy and the productivity imperative. Only then…
June 27, 2024, Opinion: "Dozens of leading economists and practitioners convened in Berlin at the end of May for a summit organized by the Forum for a New Economy. Remarkably, the…
June 10, 2024, Opinion: "Today’s developing economies are in a bind, because innovation in manufacturing has taken a predominantly skill-biased form, reducing demand for workers…

The future of developing countries is in services as that is where the jobs will be. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services must be an essential priority, for reasons…