Training leaders from emerging economies a must for global recovery

Author: Oliver Kamm

Published in The Times on Monday, June 21, 2021

Living in tumultuous times is experienced differently by different generations. “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,” wrote William Wordsworth in the 1790s, entranced by the French Revolution. “But to be young was very heaven!” The poet was expressing the excitement of youth, which is often contrasted with the pragmatism or even disillusion of later years. The current juncture in world affairs, however, goes well beyond this hackneyed distinction.

The biggest issues facing policymakers, which will remain long after the pandemic has receded, will affect future generations more than today’s. People currently in education or at the start of their working lives ought to be able to look forward to higher living standards than those enjoyed by their parents and grandparents.

The author concludes with, “It would not be hyperbole to say that training leaders from the emerging economies across continents may just be the most important educational venture for a world emerging from a historic crisis.” 

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The 2021/22 Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust scholars: 35 graduates from 25 countries, all emerging economies.