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Remittance Regulations/Migration/Africa – Putting people first: Africa leads the way on reimagining remittance regulations (Ulla Andrén, Henri Dommel, WEF)

Differing rules and regulations mean that what should be a simple act – sending one’s own money back home – is often a...

Hybrid Work – Post-pandemic: why a hybrid working model may be most effective (Nicholas Bloom, Paul Mizen, Shivani Taneja, VoxEU, WEF)

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a collective shift to working from home, with a number of employees still anxious about returning to the office. ...

Climate Change/Environment and Natural Resource Security – New report shows why fighting climate change and nature loss must be interlinked (Marie Quinney, WEF)

A new report shows the importance of addressing nature loss as part of the fight against climate change. The report is from the...

Gender Parity/LGBTI Inclusion – 3 ways businesses can support LGBTQ refugees in the workplace (Alphonso David, Hamdi Ulukaya, WEF)

LGBTQ refugees experience extreme discrimination, persecution and criminalization. This Pride Month we shine a light on this marginalized group of people and celebrate...

Cities – Healthy Cities and Communities Playbook (WEF)

Maintaining health and well-being is the issue shaping our time. Around the world, in every city, poor lifestyle choices, limited opportunities and inadequate financial security have...

Global Education – What does a common agenda for global public goods in education look like? (Victoria Collis and Emiliana Vegas, Brookings)

Last July, the U.N. secretary-general called for a focus on delivering more global public goods. Yet, 15 years after the International Task Force on Global...

USA/Bank Regulatory Protections – Bank regulator’s True Lender Rule undercuts bank regulatory protections and shelters predatory lending (Michael Calhoun, Brookings)

A recent rule by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a federal bank regulator, threatens to upend the rights and responsibilities between...

TechInnovation/Digital Divide/USA – Don’t replace the digital divide with the “not good enough divide” (Tom Wheeler, Brookings)

One of the lessons of COVID-19 was the need for speed in digital broadband connections. As more and more members of a household were...

USA/Africa – Charting a new course in US-Africa relations: The importance of learning from others’ mistakes (Liz May and Andrew Mold, Brookings)

This is an exciting time for Africa. In early January 2021, the first shipments traded under Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) preferences left...
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