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Armenia – Armenia Elections: Democracy and security on the ballot (Asbed Kotchikian, Al Jazeera)

Leader of the Armenia Alliance and the country's former President Robert Kocharyan greets supporters during a campaign rally ahead of the upcoming snap parliamentary...

Euractiv – June 16, 2021

Macron wants Europe to have 10 tech giants worth €100 billion by 2030 – EURACTIV.com Germany launches Europe’s first ‘revolutionary’ quantum computer – EURACTIV.com Social media...

Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s Rocky Transitional Election (Crisis Group)

Ethiopia is set to hold delayed elections on 21 June, a milestone that – before the ongoing war in the Tigray region – many...

Germany – The Merkel Legacy: Avoiding Conflict for 16 Years (Dalibor Rohac, Clingendael)

Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave active politics after the German federal elections on 26 September 2021. As Merkel’s departure after sixteen years will resonate...

Western Balkans – The Prospects of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans (Clingendael)

'Energising enlargement?' is the first webinar of our series 'The prospects of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans'.  Energising enlargement? With its Green Agenda for...

Africa – How to Attract Private Finance to Africa’s Development (Abebe Aemro Selassie, Luc Eyraud, and Catherine Pattillo, IMF blog)

African economies are at a pivotal juncture. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought economic activity to a standstill. Africa’s hard-won economic gains of the last...

Climate Change – Innovative governance for flood and drought risk management (Juergen Voegele, Kitty van der Heijden, World Bank blogs)

Floods and droughts are some of the most tangible – and devastating – consequences of the climate crisis.  They increasingly affect communities across the planet....

Kuwait – Kuwait’s #MeToo movement: “Lan Asket”— I will not be silent (Ismail Radwan, Fatma Ahmad Al Ibrahim, World Bank blogs)

Activists are taking to social media to raise awareness in an online protest against gender-based violence and femicide. (Photo credit: Lulwa Taqi ) During the COVID-19 pandemic domestic violence against...

Data – Advancing gender equality through intra-household survey data collection on asset ownership and labor (Ardina Hasanbasri, Talip Kilic, Gayatri Koolwal, Heather Moylan,...

Individual-disaggregated survey data on economic outcomes—including employment, time use, asset ownership, and access to financial services—are critical to understanding and addressing mutually reinforcing gender...

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