Olaniyi Evans’ Research Portfolio

The world’s two-year struggle against COVID-19 has shown how critical the knowledge and participation of local communities can be in addressing global threats. In Africa and elsewhere, we need to capitalize on this resource if we are to have a fighting chance of mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change.

Fatoumata Nafo

Realizing Africa’s Sustainable Energy Future

Without international support, including investment at scale, African countries will not be able to expand energy access to all and still reach their climate goals. The alternative – an increased reliance on coal – would have devastating consequences.

Michael R. Bloomberg

The Great Inflation Trade-Off

Leading central banks are now deploying tools that should help to contain growing price pressures. But these measures will impose a high economic cost, and could push the most vulnerable economies into recession.

Hippolyte Fofack

The Promise of South African Democracy

Although South Africans' increasing frustration with their government is borne out in public polling, critics who describe the country as a failed state completely miss the mark. Considering where South Africa started in 1994, its progress has been nothing short of remarkable.

Evan Lieberman

The Rich World’s Empty Climate Promises

Climate action was a key topic at the recent spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. But somehow the world’s enduring failure to fulfill its climate-finance commitments to developing countries did not get the attention it deserved.

Carlos Lopes

How the G7 Can Support Africa’s Climate Agenda

South Africa’s $8.5 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership addresses vital questions about how African countries can best use international climate finance. In doing so, it provides a framework for negotiating support for other economies in the region through flexible fora like the G7.

Olumide Abimbola

Africa’s Long Post-COVID Climb

While Africa shared in last year’s global economic upswing, a growing array of risks threatens to derail the region’s progress in 2022. The crucial question is whether the world’s leading central banks can pursue price stability without choking off the incipient global recovery.

Hippolyte Fofack

Africa's Coup Wave

The democratization push in Africa’s poorest countries has failed to produce legitimate governments capable of delivering security and development, and the increasing frequency of military coups should trigger a rethink. Where institutions are weak, elections alone will not make leaders accountable.

Rabah Arezki

South Africa's Corruption Nemesis

A recent report highlights the urgent need for South Africa to implement reforms to combat state capture, reverse institutional decay, and restore confidence in the constitution. The biggest obstacle is the ruling African National Congress, which is beset by factional infighting.

Cayley Clifford

Empowering African Women to Shape the Continent's Future

It has long been understood that when women have more say in their own social and economic choices, their well-being and that of their households and communities improves. But which programs to empower women are the most important, and how can more women access them?

Ruth Okowa

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