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Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, a former prime minister of Niger and CEO of the African Union Development Agency, is the African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems.

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  1. The African Union Should Prepare Now for G20 Membership
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    The African Union Should Prepare Now for G20 Membership

    Aug 7, 2023 Ibrahim Assane Mayaki & Daouda Sembene outline the steps the AU should take to reap the potential benefits of a likely admission offer.

  2. The COP26 Africa Needs
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    The COP26 Africa Needs

    Nov 1, 2021 Akinwumi A. Adesina, et al. propose a four-part financial and trade package to help the region tackle the climate crisis.

  3. How Africa’s Economies Can Hedge Against COVID-19
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    How Africa’s Economies Can Hedge Against COVID-19

    Mar 27, 2020 Ibrahim Assane Mayaki argues that trade integration would strengthen the continent's resilience as a global recession looms.

  4. Putting Africa’s Secondary Cities First
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    Putting Africa’s Secondary Cities First

    May 21, 2019 Ibrahim Assane Mayaki advises policymakers not to lose sight of intermediary urban areas' crucial role in economic development.

  5. Winning the War on Tuberculosis
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    Winning the War on Tuberculosis

    Oct 12, 2018 Ibrahim Assane Mayaki says global efforts to end TB will fall short unless the disease’s hotspots in Africa are contained.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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