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Palesa Libe

Palesa Libe

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Palesa Libe, a co-founder of the NGO Green Tech, is an Africa Code Week trainer and ambassador in Lesotho, a translator for the Southern Sotho locale at the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Young African Leaders Initiative alumnus.

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  1. The Plight of Public Schools in Africa
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    The Plight of Public Schools in Africa

    Dec 7, 2022 Palesa Libe highlights the toll that the pandemic has taken on lower-income students across the continent.

  2. Opening the Tech Sector to Africa’s Women
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    Opening the Tech Sector to Africa’s Women

    Jul 23, 2020 Palesa Libe advocates digital-literacy programs and confidence-building initiatives to bolster innovative capacity.

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    Climate Action Must Rise Above Politics

    Nadia Calviño foresees multilateral development banks continuing to play a critical role in financing the green transition.
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    Could Trump Be Good for Europe?

    Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the coming change in US leadership could be the shock that the European Union needs.
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    The Battle Over Russia’s Central Bank Heats Up

    Anders Åslund highlights rising political tension over the country’s rapidly deteriorating economic conditions.
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    There Is No Alternative to Multilateral Climate Action

    Mukhtar Babayev urges world leaders at COP29 to reaffirm their commitment to achieving the targets set by the Paris agreement.
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    Middle Powers Will Make a Multipolar World

    Dani Rodrik expects relatively large economies to emerge as a countervailing force vis-à-vis America and China.
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    Misinformation Decided the US Election

    J. Bradford DeLong asks why Donald Trump’s supporters overwhelmingly held a distorted view of the country’s situation.
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    What Will Trump’s Victory Mean for the Climate?

    Gernot Wagner notes that the president-elect’s proposed policies will mainly harm America, not the global energy transition.
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    The Causes and Consequences of Trump’s Comeback

    Shlomo Ben-Ami considers the reasons for – and implications of – US Democrats’ resounding election failure.
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    The Laugh Is on the Democrats

    Ian Buruma sees Donald Trump’s victory as a rebellion of the culturally dispossessed who relish his insult comedy.

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