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While we have particular views on many issues on the Global Agenda, and have commissioned and will continue to promote research into questions affecting these, we are also conscious of the valuable work being done by many other institutions and researchers, some of whom have decades of experience in grappling with aspects of these challenging topics.

In this section of the site – Other Voices – by far the largest of all, we offer a wide cross-section of views and insights.

FOCAC 2024: A Revival of China–Africa Relations

Posted Oct 02, 2024| by ODI

The Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has been a cornerstone of China’s diplomacy with Africa for over two decades. In early September, over 50 African heads of state travelled to Beijing for FOCAC – the largest ever number. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a substantial... Read More

The Narrowing U.S.-EU Tech Policy Divide

Posted on Oct 02, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Bertelsmann Foundation

As the U.S. and EU navigate the complex landscape of tech policy, the convergence in their approaches to antitrust enforcement and their shifting stances on data localization and AI regulation have significant implications for transatlantic relations. The two partners have historically adopted different approaches to... Read More

McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2024

Posted on Sep 27, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by McKinsey Technology Council

Despite an overall downturn in private equity investment, the pace of innovation has accelerated in the three trends that are part of the “AI revolution” group: gen AI, applied AI, and industrializing machine learning. Lareina Yee, Michael Chui, Roger Roberts with Mena Issler investigate the... Read More

Working From Home Is Powering Productivity

Posted on Sep 30, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by International Monetary Fund

Growth comes from both the increase in factor inputs like labour and capital, and from raw productivity growth. Working from home (WFH) increased about tenfold after the outbreak of the pandemic and has settled in at about five times its pre-pandemic level, notes Nicholas Bloom... Read More

How the Circular Economy Can Revive the Sustainable Development Goals

Posted on Sep 27, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Chatham House

With progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seriously off track, international policymakers are scrambling for solutions that can both revitalize the current SDG agenda and drive more effective action on humanity’s big challenges in the future. In this Chatham House paper, Patrick Schröder... Read More

Reimagining Global Economic Governance: African and Global Perspectives

Posted on Sep 27, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

In June 2024, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the South African Institute of International Affairs gathered an international group of experts and practitioners in Johannesburg to discuss the global economic governance system’s capacity to address today’s most pressing concerns, particularly in Africa. They... Read More

The Trade War and the U.S. Election: What’s at Stake for Developing Countries?

Posted on Oct 01, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Policy Center for the New South

While some developing countries have benefited from trade diversion and supply-chain shifts, others, especially resource-exporting nations and the least-developed countries, have faced significant challenges. In his article for the Policy Center for the New South, Hinh Dinh examines the origins and escalation of the trade... Read More