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Acha Leke

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Acha Leke is a senior partner in McKinsey & Company's Johannesburg office.

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  1. The Economic Potential of Gender Parity for Africa
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    The Economic Potential of Gender Parity for Africa

    Nov 26, 2019 Acha Leke & Lohini Moodley explain how creating more opportunities for women could yield massive dividends for the entire continent.

  2. Africa Still Rising
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    Africa Still Rising

    Sep 16, 2016 Donald P. Kaberuka & Acha Leke remain optimistic about the continent's economic prospects, despite recent setbacks.

  3. Reigniting South African Growth
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    Reigniting South African Growth

    Nov 13, 2015 Acha Leke & Michael Katz argue that the country's economic hope lies in Sub-Saharan Africa's rapidly growing markets.

  4. The Other Nigeria
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    The Other Nigeria

    Jul 17, 2014 Paul Collier & Acha Leke outline the steps Nigeria must take to reach its considerable economic potential.

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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
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    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

     predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Will the China hawks in Donald Trump’s administration railroad him into a confrontation that transcends tariffs and embraces financial sanctions of the type the US and the European Union imposed on Russia? If they do, China's leaders will have to decide whether to decouple from the dollar-based international monetary system.

     thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
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    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
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    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.

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