Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. With support from the Mastercard Foundation, The African Century provides a unique platform for debate about the vital issues shaping African societies.
Feb 22, 2021 & outline four guiding principles that could help the continent's governments nurture large-scale job creation.
Jan 15, 2021 calls for a new international framework to address the mounting risks from Chinese lending in poor countries.
Jan 5, 2021 outlines how the public and private sectors can cooperate to promote cleaner and fairer development.
Dec 30, 2020 thinks highly indebted poor countries' fears of a prolonged loss of capital-market access are overblown.
Dec 15, 2020 & explain why the continent's massive diaspora is crucial to future investment, innovation, and growth.
Dec 4, 2020 emphasizes the lessons and objectives that should guide coming efforts to reframe the relationship.
Many would regard the middle of a pandemic-induced economic crisis as the wrong time to sound the alarm about the potential dangers of profligate government spending. But as US President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan works its way through Congress, it is not only Republicans who are asking whether providing too much fiscal stimulus could be just as risky as delivering too little.
