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Rethinking South-North cooperation across the Atlantic in a shifting global economy

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April 2025
Landry Signé and Karim El Aynaoui

This podcast was originaly published on brookings.edu

Host Landry Signé and Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, executive president of the Policy Center for the New South, discuss the rapid shift toward transactional relationships between countries in the South and North that may prove difficult for less stable countries in the New South to navigate. Macroeconomic stability and independent monetary policy are fundamental, he says, and countries must create their own specialized strategies for economic growth.

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