https://www.scmp.com/rss/329980/feed Sri Mulyani Indrawati is Minister of Finance of Indonesia and Chair of the World Bank Group’s Development Committee en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Within the development sector, gender equality is increasingly recognised as a key development objective in its own right. “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” is Sustainable Development Goal 5, and the issue cuts across almost all such goals. Gender-related indexes such as the Gender Gap Index by the World Economic Forum and Equal Measures 2030 have been developed to help us monitor progress. Governments and multilateral institutions have stated their commitment to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3125981/how-investing-women-and-girls-can-boost-indonesias-post-pandemic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3125981/how-investing-women-and-girls-can-boost-indonesias-post-pandemic?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:15:11 +0000 Managing an economy is not for the faint of heart. Policymakers must constantly monitor the ever-evolving global economic landscape, and anticipate lightning-fast changes that can breed volatility and uncertainty. As today’s political and economic turbulence attests, the impact of events in one place can be felt far and wide, but particularly in emerging economies. To stay ahead of the curve, policymakers must put international cooperation above short-term national interest. And yet, in the last... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2179913/world-must-face-our-shared-existential-threats-together-common-and-not-let?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2179913/world-must-face-our-shared-existential-threats-together-common-and-not-let?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Dec 2018 02:30:00 +0000