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Global public debt stands at around 94% of GDP, constraining governments' ability to fund critical growth-promoting investment in infrastructure, education and technology.
How can innovative financing, alongside global trade and investment strategies, mobilize resources to meet development goals?
This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 25 June, 2025.
Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2025/sessions/investing-amid-high-debt-low-growth/
Speakers:
Jeffry A. Frieden, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science, Columbia University
Stacey Vanek Smith, Senior Story Editor, Bloomberg Audio, Bloomberg Media
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