global a.i.d.s. coordinator and senior bureau official for global health security and diplomacy for the department of state. he worked as the w.h.o. special envoy for africa during the covid-19 pandemic. and he is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher, the current administrator of the u.s. agency for international development for global health, as well as board- certified, in general surgery. pursuant to the committee on oversight and accountability, real 9g, the witnesses will please stand and raise the right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you. let the record show that the witnesses all answered in the affirmative. this selective subcommittee certainly appreciates you all being here today. and i am sorry we had a delay in this meeting, but we are grateful you are here today, and look forward to your testimony. let me remind the witnesses, we have read your writt

talking tough on global trade. world trade organization holds its major gathering but will it deliver the progress that makes millions of people better off? the talks are said to cover food, fishing and online selling, so can anything of substance actually be agreed upon in an increasingly divided world? we should be very careful because if this continues, it could do real damage to the world economy. i'm going to be discussing all of this with these two, there they are. the european commissioner for trade, who tells me that after russia's war in ukraine, trade rules have an even important role to play in making sure we all have enough food to eat. and the woman you just heard from, who is bringing 164 countries together. yeah, the big boss of the wto, the world trade organization, tells me that despite huge uncertainty casting a shadow over the global economy, she is still hopeful of improving the lives of millions. wherever you'rejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the s

global public health threats require a global response. and international institution play a key role in galvanizing collective action. i see that everyday at the united nations and in my engagements with stakeholders across the multilateral system, including through the one health -- which brings together the w.h.o., the human environmental program, the world organization for animal health, and the food and agricultural organization. and it's great to have so many leaders from across our multilateral system participating in this program today, including dr. tedros. as we discussed the importance of partnerships and health equity, the effects of climate change on public health, and other critical topics. my hope is that we use today as a jumping off point, that we turn these conversations into concrete actions. because unfortunately it's not a matter of if, it's not a matter of if we face another health public crisis, it's a matter of when. i will leave you with one final thought and something i always try to remind myself when i'm frustra

something a key role in maintaining global credit. yeah, if we look at the overall growth figure, not the revisions, but the growth, a bulk of that is really driven by, by countries in, in asia. it's india and even china. although the growth rates, they are not as what they used to be in past years, but still very, very robust growth. and as you mentioned, indonesia, philippines and so on. this is a very dynamic part of the world and the underlying trends growth rate. they're just significantly higher than they are in advance to find them use, but also another emerging market street region. okay, well, let's now look even lied to the picture and talk by the end of the global economy. and all of which of course is contribution to buy these things we've already been talking about with this. just give us a quick snapshots of the state of the world economy a by the i m. s. reckoning global economic growth is expected to be 3 point one percent this year, which is slightly up on the most previous forecast. i did. 2025 is projected to be 3.2

my name is chung, i'm from china for most part of the global self education. that is a privilege that a lot of people don't have. so as john, these and people who study a, how can we educate them about a i something that impact them the most. so i think that's a really, really important question. i think if you look, if i look around and globally, and i see where the biggest moans of change have come from, it has come from the bottom up swear of people coming together and pushing back against bower. and that can only happen if people actually understand what the technology is, understand with the implications of the technology i am thinking about civic education is really important. i think we need to do it in schools. i think the media has a huge role to play in it and even the media fuels. the hype on a i fuels is kind of utopian versus dystopian narrative, and doesn't help us get any grounded understanding of what's happening. i think the research community has a huge role to play and actually building the evidence that we need to show what is actually happ

global growth came in at 3.1%, exceeding expectations.lation has fallen and is expected to continue to fall this year in about 80% of economies. going forward, we remain cognizant of the risks facing the global outlook and continue to carefully monitor the economic challenges in certain countries. but the global economy remains resilient. the strength of the u.s. economy has been a key driver of this positive economic performance. the biden administration's policies starting with the american rescue plan and continuing with historic investment in infrastructure, clean energy and manufacturing have led to strong u.s. g.d.p. growth. inflation has come down significantly from its peak. the u.s. labor market is also historically strong. chinese labor force participation is above its pre-pandemic level and the unemployment rate is near historic lows. had the u.s. recession come in 2023 like many predicted global growth would have been thrown off track. while there are risks to our outlook, america's growth has consistently exceeded projections

now more optimistic for the global for global grace . this is, you know, just a few months ago was changed us and we are a bit more optimistic. we have seen a lot of resilience across the board, and we've seen those in economies like us in china, but also in, in a number of large emerging market economies. and the reasons for this resilience um have to do with some of the consumer spending, but also government spending as well as on the supply side. we've been surprised by the better than expected labor force participation that we see. another way of putting it that may be the scarring from the pandemic is be less than what we had previously anticipated, which is good news. and this is also why we're seeing these, the kind of different developments on inflation and growth. we have a upward revision for growth, but a downward revision for inflation when we exclude. um, excuse me, examples extreme cases such as surgeon, teen. yeah. and indeed, many central banks do appear to be a winning, that we're on the inflation of war that began joini

that's built in how does that get compounded when you come from the global? so yeah, now it's pretty well understood that a systems are only as good as a data on which they're trained. yeah, right. back to data. and in the 1000 countries like india, more than half the population is still not on line. right? so these people are digital uncounted in some sense, but the systems us to impacting them. so the chances of bias or exclusion of very, very high at the same time i, systems or machine learning is a state of school technology. it reproduces the future based on the past, right. and what that means is that even the data that does exist already reflects historical patterns of injustice of discrimination against women. again, certain religions against people of 2nd costs, etc. so the systems we reproduce that and it was in trench it because it invisible lives, is that decision making as was right? so one of the solutions through this. so the way that we talk about the solution is that we need to be with more inclusive systems. what's the incentive though, for

will the international monetary fund shows that a doubling of global shipping costs can raise global inflation by 0.7% over the next 12 months with the effect building gradually. the products that are impacted by this varies just like it did during the coronavirus pandemic, in terms of goods most at risk from asia to europe, consumer products, apparel, furniture and households. appliances could experience the greatest disruptions. the additional cost by higher shipping costs lead importers to raise their prices and in turn pass these higher prices into domestic consumers. one of the goals of the yemani army was to exert this pain on the israeli regime, but this is being undermined by the very countries that are supposed to, well, as it should be, stand up for their fellow palestinian brothers. turns out that many arab-speaking countries that have actually increased their exports of the israeli regime, have back. palestinians in this regard, why? because this is happening as israel is committing war crimes in the gaza strip and have launched daily assaults on the occupied west bank. a

for global grace. this is on, you know, just a few months ago was changed as we are a bit more optimistic. we have seen a lot of resilience across the board, and we've seen those in economies like us in china, but also in, in a number of large emerging market economies. and the reasons for this resilience have to do with some of the consumer spending, but also government spending as well as on the supply side. we've been surprised by the better than expected labor force participation that we see. another way of putting it that may be the scarring from the pandemic. it's been less than what we had previously anticipated, which is good news. and this is also why we're seeing these, the kind of different developments on installation and growth. we have a upward revision for growth, but a downward revision for inflation when we exclude. um, excuse me, examples extreme cases such as surgeon, tina. yeah, and indeed many central banks do appear to be a winning, that we're on the inflation of war that began jo

how does that get compounded when you come from the global? so yeah, now it's pretty well understood that a systems are only as good as a data on which they're trained. yeah, right. back to data. and in the 1000 countries like india, more than half the population is still not on line. right? so these people are digital uncounted in some sense, but the systems us to impacting them. so the chances of i as a schools and a very, very high, at the same time, is systems or machine learning is a state to score technology. it's reproduces the future based on the past, right? and what that means is that even the data that does exist already reflects historical patterns of injustice of discrimination against women. again, certain religions against people of 2nd costs, etc. so the systems are reproduced that and it was in trench it because it invisible lives, is that decision making as was right? so one of the solutions through this. so the way that we talk about the solution is that we need to be with more inclusive systems. what's the incentive though,

the group will account for 40% of global gdp within four years. that's according to the head of the new development bank. all right, well have. wait and see, maybe it'll happen before that uh now uh something that the uk has been um kind of uh uh grappling with and it has happened now and that's a recession is for certain, it has slipped into a recession, the economy registered two consecutive quarters of contraction for the whole of 2023, uh the economy increased by only 0.1% with high inflation, the single biggest barrier to growth, and our final look is at the us debt, we have covered this so often, but when it hits a record, it's quite staggering, it's topped $54 trillion dollars, the aging of the population in the us and the growth in federal healthcare costs kind of go together, don't they, per beneficiary has in increased mandatory spending, those were the topics we picked for our interview section, any ideas that you have from wherever you are, with economic flavor, do send them to us, contact information is coming up. a damming report ind

global growth came in at 3.1%, exceeding expectations. inflation has fallen and is expected to continue to fall this year in about 80% of economies. going forward, we remain cognizant of the risks facing the global outlook and continue to carefully monitor the economic challenges in certain countries. but the global economy remains resilient. the strength of the u.s. economy has been a key driver of this positive economic performance. the biden administration's policies starting with the american rescue plan and continuing with historic investment in infrastructure, clean energy and manufacturing have led to strong u.s. g.d.p. growth. inflation has come down significantly from its peak. the u.s. labor market is also historically strong. chinese labor force participation is above its pre-pandemic level and the unemployment rate is near historic lows. had the u.s. recession come in 2023 like many predicted global growth would have been thrown off track. while there are risks to our outlook, america's growth has consistently exceeded project

it is a global challenge. so probably we should ask oecd to work on a common framework for a global carbon market as they did successfully on the global minimum taxation. if i'm allowed to i would like to add a second remark. to finance all our needs from transition fighting poverty and to prepare for the aging societies. i think there is one solution, given the demographics, given the investment needs. i i think we have to foster our productivity, and this is why i'm advocating for structural reforms in the labor markets, in technology, cutting red tape, being more competitive when it comes to corporate taxation. well, obviously i'm talking about the reform agenda of the germany, but i think others have to face similar challenges. we in germany we have to do our homework and probably we are part of a model because others have similar challenges. we had to solve our debt and deficit issues, which has made me becoming the loneliest minister in cabinet, but we succeeded to solve our debt issues and now we have t

global public health threats require a global response. an international institutions play a key role in galvanizing collective action. i see that every day at the united nations and in my engagements with stakeholders across the multilateral system including through the one health quadra apartheid which brings together the w.h.o., u.n. environmental program, world organization for animal health and the food and agricultural organization. and it's great to have so many leaders from across our multilateral system participating in this program today including dr. tedros. as we discussed the importance of -- the effects of climate change on public health and other critical topics. my hope is that we use today as a jumping off point. that we turn these conversations into concrete actions, because unfortunately, it is not a matter of if. it's not a matter of if we face another public health crisis. it's a matter of when. i will leave you with one final thought and something i always try to remind myself when i am frustrated with minor inconveni

this program. the warning by the imf and the world bank, of course uh, in terms of the impact on the global economy, this really gaza onslot is at the core of it, the red sea militarization obviously is another concern in terms of the impact that's going to have on the world economy, how much of one is what we're going to be looking at, also uh the assessment by the world bank in terms of uh crises, ukraine is one of them, the gaza onslot another was happening at the red sea also, it's the lowest world. economic growth in the last 55 years and the common factor in all of this, the united states. also, the spillover is a big concern, you have crisis like the exchanges between hisb and the israeli regime, and also when you take a look at how syria, iran and yemen are involved in that, where syria is bombed by israel and you're having tensions ratching it up by israel and the us against iran, and of course how yemen is being targeted, resistance groups targeting us interests. another factor. israel's genocidal war on the palestinian people in gaza has cost the lives of countless of civilians.

the bulk of facebook's users in the global south. right, but a tiny fraction of facebook's budget is actually spend on content moderation in those countries. so there's a complete disregard for what the impacts of these technologies might be in those areas. so it's the combination of all these factors that i think mix the use of a i, in the global south, particularly worrying and risky. you know, there's so much to pick from what you said in the west, in the global north. if you are a woman, if you're black, brown, l, g, b, p 2 plus, you're further marginalized when you walk into the social media platforms, right? that's built in how does that get compounded when you come from the global? so yeah, now it's pretty well understood that a systems are only as good as a data on which they're trained. yeah, right. back to data. and in the middle of a 1000 countries like india, more than half the population is still not on line. right? so these people are digital uncounted in some sense, but the systems us to impacting them. so the chances

the sianals economy but the global economy? tue: signals we economy but the global economy? the global economy? "tt2 signals we are hearing economy but the global economy? tt2 signals we are hearing are concerning, this is as much as i can say at this stage.— say at this stage. valdis dombrovskis, _ say at this stage. valdis dombrovskis, europeanj say at this stage. valdis _ dombrovskis, european commissioner to trade, a pleasure having you on the show. we will talk to you soon. that's the view from europe but what about the view from the world's biggest economy, the united states? in a statement, president biden's trade representative told us that for the wto to remain relevant and effective, it must now evolve into an institution that can better reflect the interests of working people and address today's emerging challenges. such as supply chain resilience, the climate crisis, nonmarket policies and practices and widening inequality. mc 13 is an important milestone for us to take stock of where we are and identify areas where further improvements are needed, but it is not

tucked away in northern california, silicon valley stands as beacon of global innovation. home to technology giants like apple, google and meta, this region continues to push the boundaries of the high-tech industry. silicon valley's entrepreneurial spirit is palpable with a thriving ecosystem that fosters creativity, collaboration and risk taking. halfway across the world in west asia, a parallel narrative was being written: silicon wady, israel's answer to silicon valley was a mission to carve out its own tech industry. israel harnessed a highly skilled workforce and the regime poured resources to transform the arid negav desert into a global technology hub. but then, israel, celebrated for its dynamic startup ecosystem, was hit. by a grave security crisis. the call to arms for over 300,00 workers sred through the sector that contributed 18% to israel's gdp. businesses closed down, flights were grounded and once bustling tourism industry fell into a deep slumber. fundraising came to a stand still, employees were missing from their desks and uncertainty hung in the air. "

today russia and the countries of the global south already represent the planetary, new global majority new global majority. determine through integration blocks, determine through significant and globally significant programs on a regional scale, how the world will develop in twenty first centuries, therefore the balance of russia and the countries of the global south... unity, and the fact that russia plays a key role here, is truly the most important factor for the future world order on the planet of the 21st century. thank you, leonid eduardovich, evgeniy yurievich, please, your 4 minutes. thank you, well, since we really have a debate, then i thank you, dear leonid eduardovich. you say that you have now seen the light, but the fact is that the communists have never gone blind, we have seen the light. yes, you said, we don’t need it to see clearly "the healthy part of the cpsu, and then the communist party of the russian federation, even during the years of gorbachev's perestroika, and then during the years of yeltsin's hard times, all subsequent decades, said that a criminal foreig

it would undermine global stability and undermine global prosperity. president biden and i reject that view. and please do understand, our approach is not based on the virtues of charity. we pursue our approach because it is in our strategic interest. i strongly believe america's role of global leadership is to the direct benefit of the american people. our leadership keeps our homeland safe, supports american jobs, secures supply chains and opens new markets for american goods. and i firmly believe our commitment to build and sustain the alliances have helped america become the most powerful and prosperous country in the world. alliances that have prevented wars, defended freedom and maintain stability from europe to the in pacific. to put all of that at risk would be foolish. president biden and i have demonstrated there is a smarter way. when it comes to america's national security, our approach starts with our historic direct investment in the working people of america. in investment which has helped build a resilient and innovative economy. we are

to global security.e want to continue this discussion _ global security. we want to continue this discussion of _ global security. we want to continue this discussion of the _ global security. we want to continue this discussion of the reaction - global security. we want to continue this discussion of the reaction to - this discussion of the reaction to the death of alexei navalny end up penal, multi—? penal colony in the arctic circle. we havejust penal, multi—? penal colony in the arctic circle. we have just been to see lord cameron, the foreign secretary britain. this is his reaction. secretary britain. this is his reaction-— secretary britain. this is his reaction. ., ., , secretary britain. this is his reaction. . ., ., , ., reaction. alexei navalny was an incredibly brave _ reaction. alexei navalny was an incredibly brave fight _ reaction. alexei navalny was an incredibly brave fight against i incredibly brave fight against corruption _ incredibly brave fight against corruption and _ incredibly bra

what we have aloball is a global problem. what we have globally is an — a global problem.globally is an ageing _ globally is an ageing population. the world economic forum produced statistics that by 2050, the number of people aged over 60 will double and the number of people aged over 80 will triple by 2050 so you then think about from a pension perspective, if you want to keep the proportion of people out a working age to the proportion that are retiring, than by 2050, the retirement age would increase by eight years. that puts huge stress and pressure on the pension system and ultimately people need to save more and into be prepared to work for longer. what can organisations like government or pension providers do to encourage this change of behaviour, i.e., working for longer and saving more? ultimately, in the uk, we have people enrolled in pension schemes. minimum contribution is 8%. if we look at other countries, in canada, that contribution rate is 20%. 80% the uk, 3% is coming from the employer. in australia it is 12%. the employer. in australia it is i2%. the fir

yes, india is the superpower, especially in the global south. i the reason why i say this, we obviously are going on talking about china. we are facing challenges from china and we are a country that continues to adhere to international rules based order. that is something where we are facing a challenge with them not even believing it or wanting to try and attempt doing that. so that is a challenge that we face. that is why when you say something like what would you tell the eu about partnerships, and she also mentioned something which said take it or leave it. i would say take it, leave it, deal with it. india has multiple format versus the take it or leave it method. so you all will have to deal with it and deal with our challenges and understand that not every challenge comes from a european perspective. it also comes from various nations perspectives and their priorities. thank you. >> this is been absolutely incredible panel. i think it really sort of highlighted on the one hand some of the things that we knew already. it is a world of sca

as i mentioned earlier, russia today is more isolated from the global economy than at any point since the cold war. the basic reason for this is that the countries that are part of our coalition represent more than 50% of the global economy. the breadth and durable of our coalition send as strong message not just to the kremlin, but also to other regimes that seek to engage in unprovoked aggressions against their neighbors. a key part of our strategy is ensuring ukraineings that the military and economic support needed to defend itself ensure that there is a country and economy left to defend which i'll touch on shortly. but before i turn to that i want to discuss treasury's work using sanctions to make it harder for the kremlin to wage its war of choice. our sanctions have two goals. ultimately sanctions are a tool of a foreign policy strategy from the standpoint of this strategy the president and other leaders have asked us to use sanctions to accomplish two things. one, reduce the kremlin's revenues in order to make sure that it's harder for them to both fund their war of choice, b

trade and, and what those, those consequences might be for global trade longer term. thank you very much for having no more comments. first of all, and thank you very much for the question. and what we're seeing so far is that we have seen a reduction by 40 percent of the vessels passing through this is coming out. so it means that there's the buses by using this for this kind of island. that's why you see on a daily kind of basis recently versus being at tech, some closers and of course us. but the guys are, you are not formations, nearly 10 percent of the global traders passing through. so is coming out. and of course, having an impact there, you know, we're having a 5 percent inbox in the over a global operations of the amount of time sector. but the thing is that we have to stay also take a step back and see who needs to do what this company. as you may know, the bottom i cannot is facing some problems because of the nino. and he's also having a 40 percent dropping types of the crossing some of the vessels passing through the actual associates holistically. yes. t

what is your logic in order to calculate the prices globally? look at the components that the farmer has. well, of course, there is an opinion , and we have seen the price of fertilizer in the last few years from the price of something close to 900 dollars per ton. today , it has reached below 300 dollars, about 300 dollars in the global price zone, the same wheat is used the price has decreased, then my opinion is that we cannot draw a border. let's say in our own country that we want to have a separate price. in my opinion , the support of the farmer should be formed, but not in the form of your final price. if the government comes to the understanding that the farmer should receive 17 thousand tomans for each kilogram of wheat, wheat, in my opinion, the price of wheat should be a reasonable global price, besides, i have just calculated and show that it is around 7,700 tomans, 7,700 tomans plus 1,000 tomans. why don't you sell your wheat at the border to the government? no, i will deliver it somewhere else my km is on the consumer's side, than

question that i want to address: firstly, in the field of radio isotopes, one rapidly expanding aspect globally is the nuclear measurement system, nuclear instrumentation used in advanced industries. the atomic energy organization of iran has introduced these systems and today we have complete mastery of advanced versions of these nuclear instrumentation systems and design. we produce and provide support for them for various industries in the country. this is one aspect. the second aspect regarding irradiation exposure involves our radiation generating systems. we have designed cyclotrons and gamma irradiation systems, both pool type and self-shielded types. we have incorporated these into our agenda to design these systems, procure the required irradiation sources and through study. conducted for the country's needs, implement these across all production centers, be it industrial or agricultural products, suitable for irradiation. over a three-year plan, godwilly, will establish these to enable products to undergo radiation exposure, creating high added value financially and economically. most

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are you a good measure of the global economy or global freelance market as well, hayden?ight, brian. we have a truly global ekecosysm that has a pulse on talent and clients. so we get a bird's-eye view on what is happening in the markets. what's interesting right now is clearly the conversation around ai. i mean, technology is changing so rapidly, and talent in any technology change, we have seen this over decades, the fastest to adopt new technology and to be upscaling into new technology, because this is what puts food on the table for them. and the ai shift is no different. technology adoption is widespread around ai, and we saw in our platform 70% growth in the ai vertical in the last quarter, which is the fastest growing category. so companies are turning to a global network of independent talent to fuel their ai adoption, whether it's building new apps, using gbt 4 or other things. >> the stocks soared during covid and the lockdowns. you're based in san francisco, so you guys were shut down for a while. are you countercyclical in any way? in other words, if we did s

and i think that in the global south, i mean many pods. there is this narrative that we need to catch up, right, like in the global south is narrative that we missed the boat on previous industrial revolutions. and we've gone missed the boat on this one. and so, rather than trying to rain in the technology rather than trying to regulate the technology we want to emulate big tech. yeah, if you want to create domestic champions and that does nothing to address the homes in terms of oversight in terms of accountability for it. so i think competition policies key, but i think previously policy producing legislation is also okay. fantastic. um we go to the questions to your questions. wow. hands up right away. we like you guys. my name is chung, i'm from china for most part of the global self education. that is a privilege that a lot of people don't have. so as john lease and people who study a, how can we educate them about a i something that impact them the most. so i think that's a really, really important question. i think if you look, if i

now more optimistic for the global for global growth this year in, you know, just a few months ago was changed to healy a bit more optimistic. we have seen a lot of resilience across the board. and we've seen those in economies like us in china, but also in, in a number of large emerging market economies. and the reasons for this resilience um have to do with some of the consumer spending, but also government spending as well as on the supply side, we've been surprised by the better than expected labor force participation that we see. another way of putting it that maybe the scarring from the pandemic is being less than what we had previously anticipated, which is good news. and this is also why we're seeing these, the kind of different developments on inflation and growth. we have a upward revision for growth, but a downward revision for inflation when weeks fluids. um, excuse me, examples extreme cases stuff such as surgeon, tina. yeah, and indeed many central banks do appear to be a winning that we're on the inflation of war that began joining the pandemic and reach to speak many pl

fails the real alternative to good globalization is world war. those nations that violate this principle will be regarded as hostile regimes. states like these and their terrorist allies constitute axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world. these are barbaric people, servants of evil, the cult of evil a monumental struggle of good versus evil, but good will prevail. when mexico sends its people. "they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some, assume are good people. all countries respect the power of the united states and they respect how dominant we are in this region, and we get better and better and better. we don't really give a damn what anybody thinks, we rub everyone's face in it, we're americans and you're not, and we're really, we're talking to roman empire here, i mean, we're we, we all do anything we want to do, anywhere we want to do it, uh, and..." and you're either with us or against us, and that's that i'm calling unipolarity, that was global imposition of the liberal western capitalist syst

globalization fails, the real alternative to good globalization is world war.rrorist allies constitute axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world. these are barbaric people, servants of evil, the cult of evil a monumental struggle of good versus evil. but good will prevail. when mexico sends its people, they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists and some, i assume are good people. all countries respect the power of the united states and they respect how dominant we are in this region, and we get better and better and better. we don't really give a dam with anybody thinks, we rub everyone's face in it, we're americans and you're not, and we're really, we're talking to roman. empire here, mean we we all do anything we want to do, anywhere we want to do it uh, and you're either with us or against us and that's that i'm calling unipolarity, that was global imposition of the liberal western capitalist system, liberal democracy. rome was the largest and the most beautiful city of the ancient world, the magnificent facade of the empire

the houthis are threatening global trade. they are citing excuses, but i think you guys noted that they're achieving their own goals, covering up their inability to govern, and we need to address that crisis with great urgency. but there's also a longer term crisis that has more local implications, regional implications, which is the crisis facing yemen, the governance of yemen creating one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world. and the victims of this are the people of yemen. and, you know, the houthis have their own agenda, but it is certainly not to lift up the people of yemen. i mentioned hezbollah, hamas, the houthis. is there a common thread to those three organizations in dr? >> well, let's see, they all start with h in english -- >> that's not what i had in mind, and you know that. >> they are all a backed by iran. >> right. >> they are all anti-american groups. they are all a anti-israel groups. they all a employ violence against civilians to achieve their ends. >> and i'm going to quote from from your prep

my colleagues at the center for global develop it, their conclusion is that global gateway was a repackagingmmitments. even though there is an opportunity for a new actor to emerge, there doesn't seem to be a new actor. >> wawa, staying with the international organizations, when he touched on this, the bretton woods institutions, often their conditionality relates to governance, transparency and related issues. do you think that given the nature of the debt crisis right now, that there is a need for them to reengage, or engage with a higher profile in addressing these issues? many of which you suggest have worsened under the chinese. >> that's an excellent question. i don't know that i can answer in entirety, but i will give it a try. first, i would like to take a step back and refocus on governance, and how china has reshaped that. the world bank, which is a u.s.-founded bank, was attempting to integrate human rights, due diligence and a number of other important governance aspects into safeguards. china knows this will interfere with internal affairs. in the end, china won. according to my

climate change is a serious global concern with a net zero carbon emission target. set for 2050. naturally, our country, being highly vulnerable to climate change, has strongly emphasized the goal of producing clean and sustainable energy. we have included. of generating 20,000 megaws of new nuclear power in this vision document, requiring comprehensive scientific and industrial research efforts to achieve this goal. the third pillar observed in this process was the development of the nuclear industry in the medical and health sector. in the medical and health domain, we target expanding the capacity for producing radio pharmaceuticals in order to become a global player and a consistent innovator at. forefront: we aim to benefit from the nuclear industry in producing radio isotopes, radio pharmaceuticals, especially novel radio isotopes and radio pharmaceuticals, and this too is focal point of the industry. the fourth focus is the development of irradiation applications and protection against contamination. in a real sense, two extensive steps are dedicated to ensuring food secur

something a key role in maintaining global christ. yeah, if we look at the overall growth figure, not the revisions, but the growth of bulk of that is really driven by, by countries in, in asia. it's india and even china. although the growth rates, they are not as what they used to be in past years, but still very, very robust growth. and as you mentioned, indonesia, philippines and so on. this is a very dynamic part of the world and the underlying trend growth rate. there. i just significantly higher than they are in advanced economies, but also in other emerging market 3 region. okay, well, let's now look even why to the picture and talk by the end of the global economy. and all of which of course is contribution to buy these things we've already been talking about with this. just give us a quick snapshots of the state of the world economy a by the i m. s reckoning global economic growth is expected to be 3 point one percent this year, which is slightly up on the most previous forecast. and a 2025 is projected to be 3.2 percent perc

both of facebook's users in the global south. right, but a tiny fraction of facebook's budget is actually spend on content moderation in those countries. so there's a complete disregard for what the impacts of these technologies might be in those areas. so it's the combination of all these factors that i think mixed the use of a i, in the global south, particularly worrying and risky. you know, there's so much to pick from what you said in the west, in the global north. if you are a woman, if you're black, brown, l, g, b, p 2 plus, you're further marginalized when you walk into the social media platforms, right? that's built in. how does that get compounded when you come from the global cell? yeah, now it's pretty well understood that a systems are only as good as a data on which they're trained. yeah, right. back to data. and in the middle of a 1000 countries like india, more than half the population is still not on line. right? so these people have digital, uncounted in some sense, but the systems us to impacting them. so the c