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Launch Blog on ''Triple Crisis'' in Finance, Development,
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10, 2010. |
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Triple
Crisis Blog to Bring Global Perspectives to Policy Debate
On February 1, new voices joined the policy debate on
the global crises in finance, development, and the environment.
The ''TripleCrisisBlog,''
with an initial roster of economic analysts from nine
countries, was launched by the Global
Development and Environment Institute
(GDAE) at Tufts University (USA), India's Economic
Research Foundation
(ERF), and the Heinrich
Boell Foundation-U.S.
The initiative is chaired by GDAE's Kevin P. Gallagher
and ERF's Jayati Ghosh.
''Crises are not new to the world economy, nor
to developing countries,'' Gallagher and Ghosh write
in their introductory post. ''Indeed, our current predicament
is a convergence of at least three crises: in global
finance, development, and environment. These areas are
seemingly disparate but actually interact with each
other in forceful ways to reflect major structural imbalances
between finance and the real economy; between the higher
income and developing economies; between the human economic
system and the earth's ecosystems. This blog seeks to
contribute to a more open and global dialogue around
these three crises: about how they interact, and how
they can collectively be solved.''
The TripleCrisisBlog starts with an unprecedented diversity
of analysts from the global North and South. In addition
to Gallagher and Ghosh, the roster includes: Jeff Madrick,
Sanjay Reddy, Mehdi Shefaeddin, Charles Abugre, Martin
Khor, Alejandro Nadal, Matias Vernengo, Adil Najam,
CP Chandrasekhar, Jim Boyce, Ilene Graebel, Gerhard
Schick, Timothy A. Wise, Lyuba Zarsky, and Frank Ackerman.
Ghosh and Gallagher will co-chair the project, with
Wise serving as "managing editor."
''While there are a number of commendable blogs on various
aspects of these three crises,'' note Gallagher and
Ghosh, ''this blog will examine all three crises and
from a global perspective not often found in mainstream
media outlets.''
Visit the TripleCrisisBlog.
Read more on GDAE's Globalization
and Sustainable Development Program.
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