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  "title": "The Power of Cooperation",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, December 21, 2012",
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      "heading": "Development assistance — overview",
      "content": "- Publication: iMFdirect\n- Date: December 21, 2012\n- Context: Article in the new issue of Finance & Development magazine featuring President Bill Clinton."
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    {
      "heading": "Main themes and findings",
      "content": "- The planet's most successful species are identified as cooperators: \"ants, bees, termites, and humans.\"\n- President Bill Clinton shares his experience working with governments, business, and civil society as part of his Clinton Global Initiative.\n- Progress is most evident where people have formed \"networks of creative cooperation\" that bring stakeholders together."
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      "heading": "Mechanism and benefits of cooperation (as presented)",
      "content": "- Networks of creative cooperation enable participants to:\n  - do things better,\n  - do things faster, and\n  - do things cheaper than any could alone.\n\nSource: The Power of Cooperation (iMFdirect), December 21, 2012.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- article\n- Finance & Development\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2012/12/21/the-power-of-cooperation"
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    "Progress is most evident where people have formed \"networks of creative cooperation\" that bring stakeholders together.",
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