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The World Development Report 2020 released on Wednesday highlights the economic benefits from GVCs and reminds us that protectionism and policy uncertainty around the world is now putting many of these benefits at significant risk.
For all its faults, Facebook does not lack ambition. The company’s announcement last week that it, along with other members of the newly-formed Libra Association, intends to create a new global digital currency is big news for global finance and the future of money.
In many developing countries health supply chains function poorly, resulting in frequent stockouts and many substandard and even falsified medications—which undermine treatment effectiveness and raise the risk of antimicrobial resistance.