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Defining Environmental Migrants
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Marie O'Reilly
As the world attempts to solve the growth in climate migrants and refugees, accurate and legally justifiable definitions will be a crucial first step.
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No Time to Put Climate Science on Ice
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Achim Steiner
Let us put aside the myth that the science of climate change is holed below the water line and sinking fast on a sea of falsehoods. Overwhelming evidence now indicates that greenhouse-gas emissions need to peak within the decade.
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| COMMENTARY |
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Japan's Slow-Motion Crisis
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Kenneth Rogoff
Japan's ability to trudge on in the face of huge adversity is admirable, but the risks of crisis ahead are surely greater than bond markets seem to recognize.
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Confronting Culture in Congo
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Saleem H. Ali
It is high time the international community confront the elephant in the room when talking about Congo and violence against women worldwide -- culture.
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| POLICY LIBRARY |
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Behavioral Economics and Climate Change Policy
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"Irrational" patterns of behavior are central to human decision-making and should be the starting point for effective economic policies.
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Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy
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The Great Moderation lulled macroeconomists and policymakers alike in the belief that we knew how to conduct macroeconomic policy. The crisis clearly forces us to question that assessment. This IMF Staff Position Note takes a tentative first pass at the contours of a new macroeconomic policy framework.
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