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World Service,17 Feb 2014,24 mins

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Japan's economy grows, but not by as much as predicted. Is so-called 'Abenomics' still doing the trick for Japan? He'll be the youngest ever Prime Minister in Italy, but who exactly is Matteo Renzi? Vincenzo Scarpetta of Open Europe talks through the challenges facing this passionate and extremely ambitious politician. Finally, a star-studded panel including Sheryl Sandberg and Christine Lagarde join the BBC's Chief Business Correspondent Linda Yueh in asking: should women be running the world economy?

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