BA in Economics and French, Tufts; Master's in International Affairs, Columbia. Former: Corporate Lending Officer, Credit Lyonnais USA; Legislative Assist for International Trade Policy to US Representative; Senior Legislative Assist to Chairman, Senate Banking Committee; International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Associate Director, Competitiveness Policy Council, & Staff Director, sub-Council on Capital Allocation; Economic Policy Adviser to Senate Minority Leader; Special Assistant to President for International Economic Policy, and Senior Director, National Security Council, White House; Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute. With the World Economic Forum: 2001-11, and since 2013, Managing Director; co-directs the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Since 2007, non-resident Senior Fellow for International Economic Policy, Center for American Progress, and Chairman, Climate Disclosure Standards Board. Expertise: international trade and financial policy, economic development, taxation, capital formation, international labour and environmental issues.
Most corporate boards and institutional investors now accept that certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities can be financially material — that is to say, ...
The COVID-19 crisis is accelerating a shift toward a more integrated approach to corporate governance that has been gathering force for some time. The pandemic has put people’s lives, liv...
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have turned to digital tools, services and infrastructure. The digital economy has been resilient and helped to keep our economy going: digital ...
The role of corporate boards has never been more important, nor subject to as much scrutiny, as it is today. The technological, environmental, geopolitical, and socioeconomic transformati...
It has been four years since the Paris Accord was agreed, and the world’s climate change strategy needs a new infusion of energy (pardon the pun). The plans submitted by countries to the ...
Traditionally, boosting growth has been seen as the best way to create job opportunities and raise living standards. But governments should now look at this the other way around: by bette...
The G20 Leaders’ Summit in London on April 2, 2009, is widely regarded as one of the best examples of global cooperation in a generation. Meeting as a group for only the second time, lead...
Since the United Nations Kyoto climate accord over two decades ago, national governments have occupied center stage in the fight against climate change. They are indeed best equipped to a...
Global economic growth is making a stronger than expected comeback. It is likely to accelerate to as much as 4% in 2018 from 3.2% in 2016. This is good news on many fronts, but can we exp...
Si se toma en consideración el PIB y otras medidas del nivel de bienestar, la humanidad está en su mejor momento. La cantidad de personas que viven en la pobreza absoluta se ha reducido c...
Based on GDP and other measures of well-being, humanity has never been better off. The number of people living in absolute poverty has fallen four-fold since 1980. Fewer people die today ...
Over the past several years, a worldwide consensus has emerged on the need for a more inclusive growth and development model. However, this consensus is mainly directional; inclusive grow...
Las insurgentes candidaturas de los senadores Bernie Sanders y Donald Trump en las campañas presidenciales de este año expusieron una profunda grieta en las políticas económicas estadouni...
The insurgent candidacies of both Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in this year’s presidential campaigns exposed a deep fault line in American economic policy: too few voters today ha...
The ongoing deceleration of the world economy is prompting calls for a renewal of international economic cooperation in 2016. Beijing has set the tone by indicating that boosting growth a...
