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Contents
INTRODUCTION 2
1 GOVERNANCE 8
10
12
14
2 TRADE 18
3 CLIMATE 28
4 URBANIZATION 38
5 FINANCE 46
48
6 INCLUSION 52
56
57
58
59
7 TECH 62
BLUEPRINT 68
Hank Paulson on the challenges we face—and
how to overcome them
Immigration problems and possibilities
An aging Japan finally opens its doors
Canada’s selective welcome mat
Colombia and the Venezuelan exodus
Robots, populists, and other drivers and
disrupters remaking international commerce
Two weeks on the Zambezi River, where
global warming is already a reality
Taking cities back from the automobile,
one superblock at a time
How to clean the ocean and bring the poor
into the financial system
A growing crisis in India’s shadow
banking sector
In the developed world, declining fertility
is reshaping economic destiny
France works hard for working mothers
Fighting for equality in China
Stark choices in Saudi Arabia
For Nigerian women, the clock is ticking
Walls and tariffs are rising everywhere, but
the world is still pulling together to build a
massive fusion reactor in the South of France
Five bold ideas to boost growth, from Brazil
to South Korea
Bloomberg Businessweek November 4, 2019
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Contents
INTRODUCTION 2
1 GOVERNANCE 8
10
12
14
2 TRADE 18
3 CLIMATE 28
4 URBANIZATION 38
5 FINANCE 46
48
6 INCLUSION 52
56
57
58
59
7 TECH 62
BLUEPRINT 68
Hank Paulson on the challenges we face—and
how to overcome them
Immigration problems and possibilities
An aging Japan finally opens its doors
Canada’s selective welcome mat
Colombia and the Venezuelan exodus
Robots, populists, and other drivers and
disrupters remaking international commerce
Two weeks on the Zambezi River, where
global warming is already a reality
Taking cities back from the automobile,
one superblock at a time
How to clean the ocean and bring the poor
into the financial system
A growing crisis in India’s shadow
banking sector
In the developed world, declining fertility
is reshaping economic destiny
France works hard for working mothers
Fighting for equality in China
Stark choices in Saudi Arabia
For Nigerian women, the clock is ticking
Walls and tariffs are rising everywhere, but
the world is still pulling together to build a
massive fusion reactor in the South of France
Five bold ideas to boost growth, from Brazil
to South Korea
Bloomberg Businessweek November 4, 2019