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The widespread impact and arguably lack of international cooperation during the Covid-19 pandemic, has pushed many environmentalists to already draw parallels with climate change. There have been calls for flattening our emissions curve in the same way we have already flattened the infection curve in many parts of the world during this crisis. This emissions …
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Was this wave of nationalism predictable? How did we miss the signs? What are the best approaches to globalization for countries and corporations as the world continues to become more intertwined than ever before?
For years development economists have preached at the importance of education in the development of a nation. In one of the most famous papers, MIT’s Esther Duflo exploits a natural experiment in Indonesia to show the importance that education has on future earnings potential. There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that education is a …
I firmly believe that sustainable and green development is the greatest issue of our time. As I have outlined before, I do not have faith in multilateral agreements to bring an end to climate change. It is in my opinion the most complex issue that has ever faced economics, as actors are separated from their actions …
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Will automation create mass unemployment? How should the education system transform to support the labor market of the future? How can governments deal with a worst-case-scenario world where a majority of the population may be rendered irrelevant?
Is impossible meat the future of food? Or should we be more concerned about feeding the world’s growing population under a radically transforming climate?
Whether one is in New York or Johannesburg, Hong Kong or Paris, there are a few distinct views on Africa that continue to prevail today. Most of these views are simply ill-informed. There are those, many from Africa themselves, that simply believe that it is the doomed continent with no hope. Others are confident that …
Guinea is a small country most people have heard of but have not the slightest idea where it is located. Most would confuse it with Papua New Guinea, the island state near Indonesia. In fact, Guinea is a West African nation bordered by the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Mali, Senegal, Liberia and Guinea-Bissau. What reasons …
There is no doubt that Chinese influence is spreading globally. Many are accusing China of taking advantage of poorer countries. Would such a view not be overlooking the West's global dominance over the developing world for the last 50 years? How different is China's approach really, and, could it actually be a better way for Africa?
When people hear the name Rwanda, they think one of two things. They think of the atrocities of the Rwandan genocide, or of the movie hotel Rwanda, which is about the Rwandan genocide. It is unbelievable how those 100 brutal days still shape the way in which the world views the country over 20 years …
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