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Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs, Duncan Clark, has been shortlisted for the FT and McKinsey ‘Business Book of the Year Award 2016’ for ‘Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built’. An engrossing, insider’s account of how a teacher built one of the world’s most valuable companies - rivalling Walmart & Amazon - and forever reshaped the global economy. A former Beijing-based investment banker, Duncan uses the rise of Ma and the creation of China’s biggest e-commerce company to tell the story of entrepreneurship in China. The book is a must-read for anyone hoping to navigate China’s new economy.

IGA director Professor Erik Berglof has been appointed to the World Economic Forum Global Future Councils - a new WEF community set up to provide insight and vision to tackle some of the world’s most critical global, regional and industry challenges and help prepare governments, businesses and communities for the arrival of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.  Professor Berglof is a member of The Future of Financial and Monetary Systems. The Global Future Councils’ first meeting will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 13-14 November 2016. He also serves on the Steering Committee for the World Economic Forum’s Balancing Financial Stability, Innovation, and Economic Growth initiative.

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Mario I. Blejer, an Argentine economist and former Central Bank governor and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Global Affairs, speaks to the FT on the new Argentine government's success in ending an agonising legal dispute with US hedge funds. He is confident that foreign investment is coming Argentina’s way after a drought of more than a decade.

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Dictators rest easier as EU self-implodes, but Ukraine offers hope

Irish Examiner, 6th July 2016

Ukraine’s belief it was forging closer ties with the West was shaken by Brexit, but it remains a vital ally on the frontier between democracy and autocracy writes Erik Berglof, Director of IGA.

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ERIK BERGLOF: EBRD cannot bank on stability – Transition is reversible

Emerging Markets, 10th May 2016

...Berglof is Professor and Director of the Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and was chief ...

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Indian central bank governor says helicopter money no panacea

Reuters Online, 11th May 2016

...produce economically the desired effect," he said during a lecture at the London School of Economics. "I am throwing the...

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Raghuram Rajan floats 'traffic signal' like control on central bankers

Yahoo! India, 10th May 2016

...also be subject to the same rules," he said. Delivering a lecture at the London School of Economics, the former chief...

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Unconventional policy tool? Rajan has doubts

Rediff.com, 10th May 2016

...rates and ultra-low or negative inflation. Delivering a lecture at the London School of Economics, Rajan said it needed...

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Zombie firms slow down global productivity: Rajan

Times of India - Online, 10th May 2016

...also due to protection provided to oligopolistic firms. Speaking at the London School of Economics (LSE) on Tuesday, the...

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GTime to examine global impact of domestic policy decisions: Rajan

Hindustan Times Online, 10th May 2016

... Delivering a lecture titled ‘Rethinking the Global Monetary System' at London School of Economics, Rajan started...