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Economic Policies to Combat COVID-19 in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to impose heavy human, financial, economic, and social costs…
A Gender Lens for COVID-19
Gender is often an ignored factor during health emergencies, even though women comprise 70%…
How Africa’s Economies Can Hedge Against COVID-19
The African Continental Free Trade Area will help dismantle tariff and non-tariff barriers amid…
When COVID-19 Comes to Africa
There is no telling how long it will take to bring the COVID-19 coronavirus…
The Three Essential Questions about COVID-19
Public-health specialists in the United States and elsewhere must focus squarely on gathering more…
Averting Economic Disaster Is the Easy Part
Based on China’s experience with COVID-19, the fiscal cost of comprehensive compensation for lost…
The World Is at War
Western countries are finally waking up to the sheer scale of the COVID-19 crisis,…
The Pandemic Stress Test
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the underlying weaknesses in national economies, health systems, and…
Remembering the Forgotten Gandhi
The Dandi March, which started 90 years ago, inaugurated Mahatma Gandhi’s most successful attempt…
Which way for potentially less harmful alternatives to cigarettes?
Debate is raging globally around smoke-free alternatives, such as e-cigarettes, which are being presented…
Africa’s Litigated Democracy
The fact that African opposition parties increasingly turn to the courts when they lose…
The Virus of Fear
The panic that often occurs during a health crisis or in the aftermath of…
That 1970s Feeling
Policymakers and too many economic commentators fail to grasp how the next global recession…
The Two Faces of Pharaoh
Hosni Mubarak was an autocratic ruler, under whom radical opposition – especially Islamic –…
Understanding Sanders
US Senator Bernie Sanders’s repeated attacks on inequality show a commitment to democracy and…
Who Can Beat Trump?
Although purchasing political office, as Mike Bloomberg is attempting to do, may be unfair…
Africa Is the Last Frontier for Global Growth
If Africa sustains and accelerates structural reforms over the next half-century, some believe that…
The Approaching Debt Wave
The World Bank has warned that a massive debt wave is building worldwide. There…
Preventing the Death of the World’s Rivers
The world’s rivers are under unprecedented pressure from contamination, damming, and diversion, which are…
Bicycle Lanes Move Everyone Forward
Obesity, rising car use, and pollution are the hallmarks of rapidly growing cities worldwide.…
What’s at Stake for Women’s Rights in 2020?
Achieving social change to protect marginalized groups is never an easy process of quick…
Stop Giving Support to Groups Destabilising our Country, Automatically the Borders Will open
Speech delivered at Luncheon for over 60 members of the Diplomatic Corps at the…
Decolonizing African Scholarship
Although deeper scholarly interest in the continent of Africa is long overdue, the current…
Winning the Electrification Race
If governments adopt bold policies to help accelerate the production of clean electricity, the…
Pay-As-You-Go for African Development
Innovative PAYGo business models are not only lucrative for the firms that adopt them;…
Why AI Will Not Abolish Work
Work will not disappear because of the introduction of artificial intelligence. But without new…
The Demonization of Journalists Must End
Violence against journalists, and the daily barrage of verbal attacks on them from some…
Why an Ebola Vaccine Is Not Enough
The Ervebo vaccine is a great stride forward in global health. But while it…
How to Make the Internet Safe for Democracy
It is the nature of networks to reward scale, and it is not clear…
Addressing Africa’s Skills Mismatch
Africa’s youth bulge is a major asset, with the potential to drive growth and…
