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Ajegunle City, Lagos State Nigeria March 22, 2018: Busy Streets bustling with commercial activity

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Nigeria in 2023: Bridging the productivity gap and building economic resilience

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Future Development

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Friday, February 3, 2023

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Friday, January 27, 2023

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Africa’s Cities: Realizing the new urban agenda

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Friday, January 27, 2023

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Employment creation potential of industries without smokestacks (IWOSS): A Nigeria case study

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Friday, December 2, 2022

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The value of communication for mental health

Francis Annan and Belinda Archibong

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

A protester waves a flag on an empty road during a protest against a fuel subsidy removal in Lagos January 9, 2012. Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets across Africa's top oil producing nation on Monday, launching an indefinite nationwide strike to protest against the axing of fuel subsidies. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Protest matters: The effects of protests on economic redistribution

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

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Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel

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Aloysius Uche Ordu and Danielle Resnick

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Early-grade learning assessments spur Sierra Leone to strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy skills

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Did the US-Africa Leaders Summit meet its objectives?

Aloysius Uche Ordu and David Dollar

Monday, December 19, 2022

Sand begins to surround houses close to the town of Ambovombe, Androy region, Madagascar, February 15, 2022. Madagascar has always known extreme weather events, but scientists say these will likely increase as human-induced climate change pushes temperatures higher. Four years of drought, along with deforestation caused by people burning or cutting down trees to make charcoal or to open up land for farming, have transformed the area into a dust bowl. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "GLOBAL POY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2022 PACKAGES.

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Dispatches from Africa’s COP: Malagasy youth on Madagascar’s beauty and the climate risks it faces

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

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West Africa

Nigeria in 2023: Bridging the productivity gap and building economic resilience

Will rising insecurity erase West Africa’s economic development gains?

Getting rice right in Liberia

Foresight Africa 2023

Reports

Africa’s Cities: Realizing the new urban agenda

Employment creation potential of industries without smokestacks (IWOSS): A Nigeria case study

The value of communication for mental health

Protest matters: The effects of protests on economic redistribution

Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel

Blog Posts

After the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the US must ensure accountability and strengthen coordination

Africa’s informal cities need more than green infrastructure to weather the effects of climate change

Early-grade learning assessments spur Sierra Leone to strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy skills

Events

Nigeria’s elections and their security, economic, and crime implications

Foresight Africa

Conservation and security: New challenges, new opportunities, and the US-Africa Leaders Summit

Related Books

Formal and Informal Enterprises in Francophone Africa: Moving Toward a Vibrant Private Sector

Experts

Danielle Resnick

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

David Dollar

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center

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