Joyce Bongongo

Research Associate, Hess Center for New Frontiers
Joyce Bongongo

Joyce Bongongo is a research associate with the Hess Center for New Frontiers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she specializes in international business, trade, and investment policy, with an interest in U.S.-Africa economic relations. She has expertise in data source collection and analysis, workshop facilitation, and international agreement development. Joyce coauthored the original United Nations "Guide Pour le Plaidoyer des Jeunes" and accompanying tool kit, globally promoting African youth advocacy in key economic sectors for future sustainability. Her research portfolio includes the OECD Pillar Two and its private sector implications on green energy tax credits and U.S-Africa frameworks such as the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership with Kenya, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, and physical infrastructure investment projects around the continent. Joyce holds a bachelor's degree in economic sciences, an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, and an LLM from the American University Washington College of Law.

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A Strategic Framework for America in the Twenty-First Century

Uncover the future of global governance and America’s position within it. This monograph explores America’s evolving role on the world stage and highlights key strategies to navigate the critical shifts reshaping the international landscape.

Report by John J. Hamre, Joyce Bongongo, Kate MacPhail, John Schaus, and Nina Tarr — September 17, 2024

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Executive Summary: A Strategic Framework for America in the Twenty-First Century

An audio version of the executive summary for A Strategic Framework for America in the Twenty-First Century, a new report by CSIS’s John J. Hamre, Joyce Bongongo, Kate MacPhail, John Schaus, and Nina Tarr. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by John J. Hamre, Joyce Bongongo, Kate MacPhail, John Schaus, and Nina Tarr — September 17, 2024

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IRA Incentives and Pillar Two

The CSIS Scholl Chair report outlines the interaction of OECD’s Pillar Two on global minimum taxation and U.S. tax incentives through lens of the Inflation Reduction Act Section 45x credits.

Report by Thibault Denamiel, Joyce Bongongo, and William Alan Reinsch — November 16, 2023

The U.S.-Kenya STIP in Light of Other Approaches to Trade with Africa

The United States is pressing forward with its new approach to international trade. This CQ reflects on some differences between the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership in comparison to other trade agreements with the African nation.

Critical Questions by William Alan Reinsch and Joyce Bongongo — July 27, 2023