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Kandeh K. Yumkella

Kandeh K. Yumkella

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Kandeh K. Yumkella, former United Nations under-secretary-general and chair of UN-Energy, was the founding CEO and a special representative of the secretary-general for Sustainable Energy for All. He is currently a member of Sierra Leone’s Parliament and the Pan-African Parliament.

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  1. Death by Dirty Cooking
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    Death by Dirty Cooking

    Nov 4, 2019 Kandeh K. Yumkella notes that household air pollution, caused by use of antiquated fuels, kills 4.3 million people per year.

  2. Energy, Employment, and Migration in Africa
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    Energy, Employment, and Migration in Africa

    Sep 16, 2019 Kandeh K. Yumkella argues that investment in distributed renewables could fill a lage part of the continent's jobs deficit.

  3. The Energy Internet

    The Energy Internet

    Jan 27, 2014 Kandeh K. Yumkella proposes three coalitions that could catalyze the Third Industrial Revolution.

  4. The Power of the Prize
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    The Power of the Prize

    Jun 11, 2013 Kandeh K. Yumkella on how the promise of reward stimulates innovation.

  5. Power and Progress
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    Power and Progress

    Jun 18, 2012 Helge Lund & Kandeh K. Yumkella

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    Germany’s Emerging War Economy

    Dalia Marin outlines how the country can transform its economy and help Europe achieve strategic autonomy.
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    Japan’s Post-Abe Trust Crisis

    Akira Kawamoto explains how Fumio Kishida’s embattled government can regain public confidence and boost economic growth.
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    Liz Truss vs. the Bank of England

    Shang-Jin Wei explains how UK policymakers can prevent a financial crisis by helping pensioners and homeowners.
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    What’s Happened to China’s Economy?

    Zhang Jun worries that weakened incentives for local-government policy innovation are undermining dynamism and growth.
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    Women, Life, Freedom, and the Left

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    Four recent global news stories have revealed the varieties of women’s empowerment, showing how the politics of sex and gender can either challenge or reinforce existing power structures. For Western liberals, understanding these dynamics will be crucial to beating back the new right.

     shows how four recent news events highlight the failings of Western progressives to counter the far right.
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    Toward a Progressive Economic Agenda

    Mariana Mazzucato offers a five-pronged policy blueprint for the left to counter populism and recover electoral relevance.
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    The Gorbachev Diagnosis

    Daniel Yergin revisits a 2001 interview with the former Soviet leader to consider where things went awry for Russia.
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    The Canary in the Inflation Coal Mine

    Jonathan D. Ostry explains why central banks should pay much greater attention to shipping costs.
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    The Crumbling Nuclear Taboo

    Beatrice Fihn urges countries to refrain from responding to Russia's nuclear threats with nuclear threats of their own.

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