The African Century
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Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa
Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa
Kenneth Rogoff explains why outright grants are preferable to loans when it comes to supporting low-income economies. -
Africa’s Food Security Depends on Adaptive Crops
Africa’s Food Security Depends on Adaptive Crops
Agnes Kalibata & Cary Fowler urge the public and private sectors to work together to increase production of traditional indigenous staples. -
Africa’s Place in the Emerging Global Order
Africa’s Place in the Emerging Global Order
Adekeye Adebajo explains how the continent can navigate the Sino-American rivalry in a way that advances its interests. -
Financing Nature
Financing Nature
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak & Bogolo Kenewendo propose ways to unlock more public and private capital for investments in preserving and restoring the planet. -
Africa’s Path to Green Prosperity
Africa’s Path to Green Prosperity
Erik Berglöf highlights the potential that a young population and abundant renewable-energy resources represent. -
Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
Hippolyte Fofack urges governments to rethink constraints on public spending and increase investment in human capital. -
What’s Driving Africa’s Protests?
What’s Driving Africa’s Protests?
Kehinde A. Togun highlights three fundamental issues fueling popular anger in Kenya, Nigeria, and elsewhere. -
Africa’s Future Hinges on Revitalizing Multilateralism
Africa’s Future Hinges on Revitalizing Multilateralism
Adekeye Adebajo outlines several steps that wealthy countries can take to restore trust in the current global order. -
Curbing Debt-Fueled Unrest in Emerging Markets
Curbing Debt-Fueled Unrest in Emerging Markets
Vera Songwe & Ishac Diwan propose a strategy for stabilizing economies that have become illiquid but are not insolvent.