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Digitalizing Africa’s mines (Landry Signé, Brookings)

Mineral resources are a critical source of revenue for Africa. In 2019, minerals and fossil fuels accounted for more than a third of exports from at...

Separate but unequal: How Tribes, unlike states, face major hurdles to access the most basic public finance tools (Matthew Gregg, Brookings)

Economic development benefits communities through job growth, higher standards of  living and improved subjective well-being.    Fiscal Capacity, which allows governments to deliver programs and services such as health...

Fighting the autocratic slide in Central America (Charles T. Call, Brookings)

After decades of difficult and uneven progress, democracy in Central America is experiencing its worst crisis since the militarized authoritarianism of the 1970s. Indeed,...

Three lessons for boosting postsecondary education and wages in Black-majority cities (Andre M. Perry, Anthony Barr, and Carl Romer, Brookings)

In the last two decades, the number of Black adults with a college degree has more than doubled, from 3 million to 6.7 million, marking...

Opportunities to deepen NATO-EU cooperation (Giovanna De Maio, Brookings)

The twin shocks of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal — along with the heavy toll of President...

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers. December 2021 snapshot (Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, Onyeka Nwabunnia, and Sarah Osborne, Brookings)

Since 2014, Brookings has developed and maintained a comprehensive database on the global impact bonds market. The below data represents a snapshot from that...

U.S. Air Force Secretary Kendall: Short-term funding an ‘unfortunate’ reality for defense programs (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

The House and Senate approved a stopgap spending bill Dec. 3 that funds the U.S. government until Feb. 18. By passing a “continuing resolution,” Congress averted...

Tory Bruno: ULA won’t get engines by Christmas, BE-4s coming in early 2022 (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

Blue Origin is performing “final testing” of the BE-4 engines that will boost United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket, ULA’s CEO Tory Bruno said...

Three startups win prize money from U.S. Space Force accelerator (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

Space industry startups focused on satellite propulsion, in-orbit manufacturing and debris tracking won prize money from a business accelerator funded by the U.S. Space...
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