By Parimita Mohanty, Annette WallgrenBANGKOK — By now, most countries in Asia and the Pacific have proposed some sort of post-pandemic recovery package. Many include investments in sustainability, which the United Nations has repeatedly urged governments to undertake.

By Ricardo Hausmann and José Ramon Morales-Arilla CAMBRIDGE  —  Imagine you are driving down a road and arrive at a junction. You are not sure where to go, so you turn right. After some time, the road becomes unpaved, bumpy and steep.

By Rachel Kyte, Ana Toni and Bernice Lee WASHINGTON, DC  —  COP26, the United Nations climate summit being held this November in Glasgow, is already looming large in US and UK policymaking circles.

By Hannah Wanjie Ryder and Gyude Moore BEIJING  —  With the arrival of US President Joe Biden’s administration, calls for a fresh allocation of special drawing rights (SDRs), the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) reserve assets, have gained new momentum.

By Harold James, Markus Brunnermeier and Jean-Pierre Landau PRINCETON/PARIS  —  The specter of inflation has returned. For two decades, central banks across industrialised economies were confident that they had banished it for good.

By José Antonio Ocampo, Joseph E. Stiglitz, and Jayati Ghosh  Dear Mr President,The world has welcomed your election and commitment to restore diplomatic engagement with the international community to the centre of US foreign policy.

By M. Niaz Asadullah, Nazia Mansoor, Teresa Randazzo and Zaki Wahhaj KUALA LUMPUR/LONDON/VENICE/CANTERBURY  —  In much of emerging Asia, persistent bias in favor of sons remains a barrier to girls’ life prospects  —  and often to life itself.

By Sema Sgaier and Prashant YadavWASHINGTON, DC  —  As the world enters the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, vaccination has moved front and center in policymakers’ responses.

By Victor Harison and Mario PezziniADDIS ABABA/PARIS  —  Many African countries reacted quickly and effectively to mitigate the health and economic risks posed by COVID-19.