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The African Century

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  1. fofack21_EDUARDO SOTERASAFP via Getty Images_ethiopiawheat Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images

    The Technologies African Farmers Need

    Hippolyte Fofack urges policymakers to follow Ethiopia’s lead and invest in irrigation, mechanization, and fertilizers.
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    Niger’s Colonial-Style Resource Curse

    Hippolyte Fofack reflects on how Africa’s development paradox has led to entrenched poverty and environmental degradation.
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    How Africa Can Make the Most of Diaspora Finance

    Tsitsi Masiyiwa urges formal donors to do more to enhance the impact of the continent’s largest source of development funding.
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    The Crisis of African Peacekeeping

    Adekeye Adebajo examines the paradox that is hampering efforts, by the UN and others, to promote peace on the continent.
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    South Africa’s Gendered Electricity Crisis

    Odile Mackett highlights the discriminatory logic underlying the country’s inadequate public services.
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    Africa Is the Future of Multilateralism

    Mark Malloch-Brown explains why the continent should be at the forefront of efforts to bring about international reforms.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    Investing in Africa’s Green Transition

    Senyo Ador & Wangari Muchiri urge private-sector actors to capitalize on the continent’s abundant renewable-energy potential.
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    What Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Death Means for Africa

    Jaynisha Patel thinks the Russian warlord’s demise threatens rulers who have relied on his mercenaries to remain in power.
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    Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

    Ban Ki-moon, et al. urges oil-exporting countries to kickstart a program of green investment in the Global South at COP28.
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    Germany’s Debt Brake Is Breaking Its Economy

    Marcel Fratzscher warns that a flawed constitutional rule is undermining the country’s ability to pursue essential reforms.
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    Why COP28 Has Already Failed

    Marta Schaaf & Kristine Beckerle say that the UAE’s repression of dissidents and rights activists serves defenders of the climate status quo.
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    In AI, Capital Wins Again

    Katharina Pistor

    The OpenAI saga – in which founder and CEO Sam Altman was suddenly fired and then reinstated, together with a new governing board – may have been enthralling, but it was neither novel nor surprising. Historically, capital usually wins out when there are competing visions for the future of an innovative product or business model.

    shows why OpenAI’s efforts to preserve its founding non-profit mission never stood any chance.
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    Justice for Climate Migrants

    Sameh Shoukry & Amy E. Pope

    Climate change is expected to displace tens of millions of people by mid-century, especially in the Global South. By enhancing international cooperation, we could improve the lives and livelihoods of the displaced and develop sustainable solutions that enable affected communities to rebuild.

    urge leaders to take a holistic approach to addressing the sharp increase in weather-related displacement.
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    Antara Haldar on behavioral economics, development models, global governance, and more

    Antara Haldar advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
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    The New Normal for Central Banks

    Lucrezia Reichlin asks why the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank keep providing liquidity directly to banks.
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    The False Choice Between Palestinian and Jewish Liberation

    Shlomo Ben-Ami rejects the facile moralism of those who view the ongoing war through the narrow lens of decolonization.
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    The Rage of the Outsiders

    Ian Buruma shows what Geert Wilders has in common with other ultra-nationalist politicians, past and present.

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