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Håvard Halland

Håvard Halland

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Håvard Halland is a senior economist at the OECD Development Center. 

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  1. What the Paris Development Finance Summit Missed
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    What the Paris Development Finance Summit Missed

    Jul 10, 2023 Håvard Halland, et al. warn that the current reform agenda will not mobilize sufficient private capital for green investments.

  2. Development Banks Must Embrace Nuclear Energy
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    Development Banks Must Embrace Nuclear Energy

    Feb 28, 2023 Håvard Halland & Jessica Lovering urge multilateral lenders to abandon their hostility to an increasingly safe and affordable technology.

  3. Norway's Sovereign Duty
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    Norway's Sovereign Duty

    Sep 17, 2021 Christiana Figueres, et al. explain how the country's massive wealth fund can be used as a powerful tool to combat climate change.

  4. Where Are the Green Sovereign Funds?
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    Where Are the Green Sovereign Funds?

    Aug 9, 2021 Håvard Halland & Günther Thallinger lament that government asset managers are free riding on commitments made by the private financial sector.

  5. Disrupting Multilateral Climate Finance
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    Disrupting Multilateral Climate Finance

    Jan 10, 2019 Håvard Halland & Justin Yifu Lin propose a new global finance facility to attract more private capital for the fight against global warming.

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    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.
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    King Trump on Trial

    Richard K. Sherwin

    High-ranking Republican politicians have lately been turning up at Donald Trump’s New York City trial to demonstrate solidarity with the former president. But their attendance also serves a more alarming purpose: to validate Trump as a competing source of sovereign power, independent of the US Constitution and the rule of law.

    explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.
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    Crunch Time for the Power Sector

    Michael Spence argues that developing flexible, stable, and resilient smart grids requires an expanded industrial policy.
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    The Rise of Mesoeconomics

    William H. Janeway

    A growing body of literature focusing on the domain between the microeconomic and the macroeconomic has become increasingly relevant in a world beset by supply shocks. Armed with such insights, those designing industrial policies will have a better chance of achieving their overlapping economic- and national-security goals.

    details how a long-neglected field of economic study can be applied to today's most pressing policy challenges.
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    What the AI Pessimists Are Missing

    Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.
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    The Innocent Bystanders of College Protests

    Takatoshi Ito laments that a radical minority can disrupt the lives of so many in the broader university community.
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    Only Public-Private Cooperation Can Accelerate Decarbonization

    Francesco La Camera & Bruce Douglas explain how to translate political commitments into actual wind turbines and solar panels.
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    Defining Success in Ukraine

    Richard Haass calls for a shift to a defensive posture and efforts to bring about a long-term ceasefire.
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    A Unified Western Strategy for Ukraine

    Anders Åslund proposes a maximalist approach to military aid to replace the current piecemeal injections of old weapons.

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