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A farmer harvests wheat on a field in the El-Menoufia governorate, about 9.94 km (58 miles) north of Cairo (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany).

Paper | Africa Growth Initiative Working Papers

Good Things Grow in Scaled Packages: Africa's Agricultural Challenge in Historical Context

May 2013, John McArthur

John McArthur examines sub-Saharan Africa’s contemporary small-holder agricultural challenges and draws comparisons between Africa today and the green revolution dynamics that took shape across Asia during the 20th century.

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In the News

Ultimately, if we are going to have legitimacy of [the IMF and World Bank], if we are going to have future funding, contribution and buy-in by the wealthiest countries, which will continue to be emerging market economies, we need to see this kind of reform [of giving more voting power to emerging nations] take place.
March 29, 2013, Bessma Momani , Voice of America
In the News

The [International Monetary Fund's] executive board is really the policy-making body of the institution. If you have a stronger voice in the executive board, you end up affecting the policies and the program of the institution.
October 14, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Bloomberg
In the News

The question is: do these BRICs countries have enough in common to make [a BRICs development] bank instrumental to their objectives? They all have a huge need for infrastructure [investment] and share a dissatisfaction with the lending policies of the World Bank, so there’s a base on which they could build.
September 23, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Financial Times
Expert Q & A

World Bank Leadership Should Reflect Emerging Economies

March 28, 2012, Colin I. Bradford
Interview | Resettlement News

A Historic Landmark in Development: Reflecting on the First Resettlement Policy

July 2011, Michael M. Cernea
Podcast

@ Brookings Podcast: Currency Manipulation and the Global Markets

February 4, 2011, Domenico Lombardi
Interview | CIGI/Chatham House

The G20 and Political Capital for the International Financial Institutions

July 7, 2009, Domenico Lombardi
Interview | American Public Media's Marketplace

Wolfowitz out, Zoellick in

May 30, 2007, Colin I. Bradford
Interview | The Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Former Trade Representative Nominated to Head World Bank

May 30, 2007, Kenneth Rogoff
Interview | NPR's All Things Considered

Wolfowitz Case Offers Test of Multilateralism

April 23, 2007, Kenneth Rogoff