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1. Africa’s Pulse: Focus on Closing the Infrastructure Gap to Increase Growth
How can growth investment be protected in Africa when raising debt is...
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19 Part Series
AFRONOMICS - A Podcast Series
"Podcast series on the most recent economic trends that are impacting growth and development on the continent"
AFRONOMICS Podcast Series is part of the Africa Knowledge Lab , which is an online interactive portal designed to share with learners knowledge products produced by World Bank researchers.
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Podcast (19)
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2. AFRONOMICS: ITechpreneurship in Africa
What is the advantage of solar energy and broadband access for new...
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3. AFRONOMICS: Africa Leapfrogging through a Growth Mindset
The Africa region has an opportunity to harness the digital revolution...
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4. Africa's Pulse: A Moderate Recovery and the Skills of the Future
What do we need to ensure African citizens have the skills for the jobs...
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5. Africa's Pulse Spring Edition Part 1: The State of African Economies
What is the debt composition in African Countries, and what needs to be...
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6.Africa’s Pulse Spring Edition Part 2: Access to Energy in Africa
How can technology and innovation help to address the access to energy...
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7. AFRONOMICS: Protecting West Africa’s Coastal Economies
In West Africa, entire villages are being destroyed by coastal erosion....
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8. AFRONOMICS: Rwanda Tops Africa in CPIA Ratings
African countries that are global examples of effective policy reform...
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9. AFRONOMICS: M-Pesa and the Rise of Digital Financial Services in Africa
What factors made the M-Pesa revolution possible in Kenya?
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10. AFRONOMICS: Analyzing Inequality in Africa
Eight of the ten most unequal countries in the world, when looking at...
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11. AFRONOMICS: The Future of Work in Africa - Can Digital Technologies Really Work for All?
Africa has a chance to take a different path – if governments and...
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12. AFRONOMICS: The Future of Work in Africa - The Role of Social Protection
The role of social protection in helping workers, especially the most...
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13. AFRONOMICS: What will it Take to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Africa?
If left unchecked, extreme poverty in the world will become almost...
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14. AFRONOMICS: Ten Years of Africa’s Progress
Over the last decade, we have been riding the wave of the “Africa Rising...
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15. Afronomics: The Economic Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in Africa
To discuss what individuals, governments, and companies can do to help...
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16. AFRONOMICS: Coordinating Public Health Responses to COVID-19 feat. Dr. John Nkengasong, Director, Africa CDC
The Africa CDC has been at the forefront of limiting the health impact...
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17. AFRONOMICS: The Role of Knowledge in Crisis featuring Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, World Bank
Figure out what may, or may not, work in places where informality is...
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18. AFRONOMICS: Responses to COVID-19 in Africa: Lessons from Ethiopia featuring Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, Senior Minister and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
The impact of this pandemic on the private sector in Africa, and what...
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19. AFRONOMICS: Learning from Five Decades of Development in Africa Featuring KY Amoako, Founder and President of the African Center for Economic Transformation
Looking back over the crises, successes, and development in Africa to...
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