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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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.

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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.

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The Energy Internet

The Energy Internet

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

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The Power of the Prize
Paul Lachine

The Power of the Prize

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

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Sustaining Women
Jon Krause

Sustaining Women

Jun 12, 2012 Michelle Bachelet, et al.

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The Arab World Needs a Brexit Debate

Sami Mahroum

The Arab world has witnessed at least one big Brexit-like event every decade since 1948 – and these political, economic, and social ruptures never seem to heal. The impact of these self-inflicted disasters is now painfully evident, and ongoing street protests in several countries suggest that a moment of reckoning may have arrived.

Restoring Central Banks’ Credibility

Larry Hatheway

The old central-bank playbook of slashing interest rates to spur consumption, investment, and employment has become less effective since the 2008 financial crisis. Yet without effective tools and the public's confidence, central banks will be unable to rise to the occasion when the next recession arrives.

The Day After NATO

Joschka Fischer

French President Emmanuel Macron has drawn criticism for describing NATO as brain dead and pursuing a rapprochement with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But now that a wayward America could abandon the continent at any moment, Macron's argument for European defense autonomy is difficult to refute.

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