Thirsty Planet, Flooded Streets: The Battle for Water Security in an Urbanizing World
As climate extremes intensify, global water security and climate-resilient cities are becoming the fault lines of our century.
Category: Sustainable Development
Heat, Hunger, and an Uncertain Harvest: Why the World Is Still Failing on Food Security
Global food security and sustainable agriculture are under intense pressure as climate change, conflict, and soaring debt push hundreds of millions into hunger.
Power for Whom? The Unequal Race to a Renewable Energy in the Global South
Why the renewable energy transition in developing countries risks deepening inequality unless finance, technology and politics change course.
From SDGs to Reality: Why the World Is Failing Its Promise to the Global South
Unpacking the barriers to sustainable development (SDGs) in low- and middle-income countries—from debt and data gaps to politics and a flawed global goal-setting machine. The biggest barriers to sustainable development in low- and middle-income countries are not a lack of plans, but a mix of debt, underfunding, political constraints, data gaps, and a contested Sustainable […]
Can AI Really Help End Poverty? Africa’s View of a Global Question
AI and the End of Poverty: The world’s poorest people are already living with artificial intelligence — just not in the way most TED talks imagine.
Africa’s Youth Tide: Turning a Demographic Explosion into a Development Dividend
Demographic Explosion: Why Skills, Health, and Jobs Matter More Than Population Size.
Clean Hands, Fast Growth: Why Tackling Corruption Is Africa’s Most Important Catch-Up Strategy
Fast Growth: This article examines how fighting corruption and building strong public institutions are central to Africa’s long-term economic catch-up.
Africa’s Green Leap: Turning Renewables and Climate Pressure into a New Industrial Strategy
Africa’s Green Leap: This article explores how Africa can use green industrialization—renewable energy, climate-smart manufacturing, and sustainable trade—as a pathway to economic catch-up.
Building Innovation States: What Korea and Malaysia Can Teach Africa About Funding R&D and Linking Universities to Industry
This article asks how African countries can build “innovation states†by learning selectively from South Korea and Malaysia.
Digital Leapfrogging: How Africa Can Use Mobile Money, AI, and EdTech to Bypass 20th-Century Development Stages
This article explores how African countries can leverage digital leapfrogging—through mobile money, artificial intelligence (AI), and education technology (EdTech)—to accelerate development without replicating the slow, carbon-intensive industrialization of the 20th century.