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Beata Javorcik warns that shrinking workforces and political inertia threaten fiscal sustainability and long-term stability.

Keun Lee suggests how South Korea and Japan can adapt to US tariffs and China’s competitiveness in high-end goods.

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Gordon Hanson, Dani Rodrik and Rohan Sandhu observe that the types of challenges that developed and developing economies face are converging.

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