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2025
Artificial Intelligence
The American AI stack and the world
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24
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Artificial Intelligence
The importance of real skills for the AI world
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Global Economy & Development
The United Nations at 80: Africa’s prosperity is the prosperity of the world
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October
16
2025
Multilateral Development Organizations
Updating MDB financing for digital infrastructure re-use
Diplomacy & Multilateralism
The United Nations at 80: The power of collective action
Democracy, Conflict, & Governance
Shaping democracy from the middle: Party grassroots and Ghana’s democratic progress
Experts
Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly
Vice President and Director
- Global Economy and Development,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
Pierre Nguimkeu
Director
- Africa Growth Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
John W. McArthur
Director
- Center for Sustainable Development,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
Rebecca Winthrop
Director
- Center for Universal Education,
Senior Fellow
- Global Economy and Development
Tarek Ghani
Nonresident Fellow
- Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development
