Hippolyte Fofack
Hippolyte Fofack, a former chief economist and director of research at the African Export-Import Bank, is a Parker fellow with the SDSN at Columbia University, a research associate at the Harvard University Center for African Studies, a distinguished fellow at the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, and a fellow at the African Academy of Sciences.
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The Right Climate Finance for Developing Economies
The Right Climate Finance for Developing Economies
Nov 4, 2024 Hippolyte Fofack urges the Global North to focus on vulnerable countries’ need to invest in adaptation-related infrastructure.
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Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
Sep 12, 2024 Hippolyte Fofack urges governments to rethink constraints on public spending and increase investment in human capital.
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The Dollar Is Everyone’s Problem
The Dollar Is Everyone’s Problem
Aug 9, 2024 Hippolyte Fofack shows how interest-rate differentials are stoking exchange-rate volatility in rich economies.
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The Eclipse of the Petrodollar
The Eclipse of the Petrodollar
Jun 27, 2024 Hippolyte Fofack shows how digitalization and geopolitical risk are giving rise to alternative payment mechanisms.
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Restoring Africa’s Culture and Philosophy Is the Key to Development
Restoring Africa’s Culture and Philosophy Is the Key to Development
May 31, 2024 Hippolyte Fofack shows how the lack of a collective consciousness has reduced most governments to managing crisis after crisis.
