Sublime

We are living through the final period of urbanization in human history, with approximately 78 million new residents being added to cities annually. These new urban residents are concentrated in countries in the Global South, which often lack the critical infrastructure and effective governance needed to accommodate rapid urban expansion. The choic... See more

A further practical issue is that IDA seeks to stay engaged across multiple sectors in client countries over time. E ach country’s financing package typically maintains a minimum of programming resources across agriculture, education, healt h, infrastructure, social protection, and so forth , independent of any specific assessment regarding which m... See more

A common delusion is that that the region has good policies, but implementation is the problem. In reality, implementation failures reflect poor policies borne of very low domestic policymaking capacity. Too many governments in the region merely act as implementation arms of multilaterals, foreign donors, philanthropies, and other external actors. ... See more

Amartya Sen – work for which he won a Nobel-Memorial prize. The focus of development, Sen argues, should be on ‘advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live’.20 Instead of prioritising metrics like GDP, the aim should be to enlarge people’s capabilities – such as to be healthy, empowered a

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