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Principal Ideas: How Can We Secure Enduring Capital for Equitable Rural Prosperity? (Aspen Institute)

This third in the Thrive Rural Field Perspectives series offers a call to action to restructure and reorient public, private and philanthropic capital in...

The African Continental Free Trade Area’s impact on income and wages (Leo Holtz, Brookings)

On January 1, 2021 the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) went into force after a 6-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

The external wealth of nations 1970-2020: December 2021 update (Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Brookings)

We have posted the full update to end-2020 of the External Wealth of Nations database, covering 212 economies, plus the euro area and the Eastern...

Increasing girls’ access to formal agricultural education in Afghanistan. Catalyzing the skills needed for agriculture production and food security (Nangyalai Attal, Brookings)

As one of the top growth sectors in Afghanistan, agriculture is the backbone of the economy and women—and girls are the backbone of agriculture,...

India’s burgeoning semiconductor industry: The need for commitment (Ibadat Jarg, ORF)

To achieve its dream of being a semiconductor manufacturing hub, India would have to undertake major policy initiatives to foster its semiconductor industry. India’s burgeoning...

Judicial infrastructure: Will National Judicial Infrastructure Corporation help? (Nirajan Sahoo, Jibran Khan, ORF)

While inaugurating the annexe building of the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court on 23 October 2021, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V....

Is the United States finally playing its cards right in Southeast Asia? (Premesha Saha, ORF)

The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, recently embarked on his maiden Southeast Asia tour starting with the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, after which he was...

Combatting air pollution in Northern India: Cooperative federalism is the way forward (Neeraj Singh, ORF)

As winter air pollution chokes the northern region of India, and is even spreading to far off states like West Bengal, there is a...

Delhi-Dhaka: A model for the neighbourhood (Harsh V. Pant, Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, ORF)

President Ramnath Kovind was on a State visit to Bangladesh from December 15-17. His visit to attend Bangladesh’s 50th Vijay Dibos served two purposes....

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