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Anis Chowdhury is Adjunct Professor, Western Sydney University & University of New South Wales (Australia)
He is the former director of the Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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Africa Struggles with Neo-Colonialism
Anis Chowdhury , Jomo Kwame Sundaram 13/09/22
After a quarter century of stagnation, African recovery in the 21st century was under pressure before the pandemic, due to new trade rules, falling commodity prices and severe environmental stress. After a quarter century of economic (...)
Climate Hypocrisy Ensures Global Warming
Anis Chowdhury , Jomo Kwame Sundaram 30/06/22
Rich country governments claim the high moral ground on climate action. But many deny their far greater responsibility for both historic and contemporary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, once acknowledged by the Kyoto Protocol. Climate injustice (...)
Inequality and Its Many Discontents
Anis Chowdhury , Jomo Kwame Sundaram 04/12/19
Much recent unrest, such as the ‘yellow-vest’ protests in France and the US ‘Abolish the Super-Rich’ campaign, is not against inequality per se, but reflects perceptions of changing inequalities. Most citizens resent inequalities when it is not only (...)
Will Trump’s Trade War Make America Great Again ?
Anis Chowdhury , Jomo Kwame Sundaram 17/07/18
The United States has had the world’s largest trade deficit for almost half a century. In 2017, the US trade deficit in goods and services was $566 billion ; without services, the merchandise account deficit was $810 billion. President Trump (...)
Wealth Concentration Continues to Increase
Anis Chowdhury , Jomo Kwame Sundaram 24/01/18
As the ‘masters of the universe’ gather for their annual retreat at Davos, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has just published its Inclusive Development Index (IDI) for the second time. After moderating from the 1920s until the 1970s, inequality (...)