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January 2014, Hafez Ghanem
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January 24, 2014, William H. Frey
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January 23, 2014, Tim Boersma and Charles K. Ebinger
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January 29, 2014, Jane R. Williams and Elizabeth Kneebone | comments
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I think [getting the Trans-Pacific Partnership signed] is going to be as challenging, or perhaps even more [than NAFTA]. NAFTA left deep scars in this country. American trade politics were very much influenced by the NAFTA debate. January 28, 2014, Mireya Solís, Marketplace
I think [getting the Trans-Pacific Partnership signed] is going to be as challenging, or perhaps even more [than NAFTA]. NAFTA left deep scars in this country. American trade politics were very much influenced by the NAFTA debate.
January 27, 2014, Amy Liu | comments
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BIG BETS & BLACK SWANS - Memorandum to the President
January 23, 2014, Mwangi S. Kimenyi | comments
EcoCash, [a mobile wallet technology in Zimbabwe], has been able to take advantage of [the country's reliance on the U.S. dollar] by providing an alternative medium of exchange from physical dollars. When payments are made at stores, change can be provided in the form of an airtime top-up or mobile money. January 22, 2014, Laurence Chandy, CNNMoney.com
EcoCash, [a mobile wallet technology in Zimbabwe], has been able to take advantage of [the country's reliance on the U.S. dollar] by providing an alternative medium of exchange from physical dollars. When payments are made at stores, change can be provided in the form of an airtime top-up or mobile money.
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January 22, 2014, Elizabeth Kneebone and Fred Dews
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