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CSIS scholars from the Africa Program, Middle East Program, Global Health Policy Center, the Human Rights Initiative, the Prosperity and Development Project, and the Global Food Security Program research the most critical issues facing the African continent.

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A U.S. Call for Modest IMF Gold Sales to Help Africa

CSIS non-resident senior associate Mark Sobel argues that modest IMF gold sales to help Sub-Saharan African nations and low-income countries could support the IMF’s global role, low-income countries, and U.S. interests.

Commentary by Mark Sobel — January 10, 2023

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Daniel F. Runde

Daniel F. Runde

Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
Katherine E. Bliss

Katherine E. Bliss

Senior Fellow and Director, Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience, Global Health Policy Center

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The Trade Guys

Trade Policy: It’s a Feature, Not a Bug!

This week, the Trade Guys talk about data and digital trade, export controls, and CSIS’ annual event with former USTRs last week.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , Scott Miller , and William Alan Reinsch — October 21, 2022

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Pandemic Planet

Dr. Jeni Miller: “We do not have the luxury to set aside working on the climate crisis”

Katherine is joined by Dr. Jeni Miller, Executive Director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, to discuss the ways in which a changing climate affects health outcomes, as well as the ways in which health professionals can work with those in other sectors to advocate for greater focus on the climate-health nexus.

Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — October 14, 2022

CSIS Pandemic Planet
Into Africa

Forecasting African Futures

Jakkie Cilliers, Head of African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies, joins us to discuss Africa’s potential growth in different global scenarios.

Podcast Episode by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — October 13, 2022

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2022 Global Development Forum

CSIS's Project on Prosperity and Development hosted its seventh annual Global Development Forum examining key disruptions to global development efforts, including rising food prices, the invasion of Ukraine, energy disruptions, and the global debt crisis.

Event — October 13, 2022

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Overcoming Barriers to Humanitarian Access in Northern Ethiopia

The resumption of armed violence in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, where 5.2 million people are in dire need of humanitarian support, threatens to undermine recent gains in humanitarian access.

Event by Jacob Kurtzer and Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — September 29, 2022

Supporting Water Programming in the Sahel

The Sahel is one of the most climate-affected regions in the world, with droughts and floods contributing to fragility and instability. This paper explores recommendations to update U.S. water strategy in the Sahel while improving outcomes for other development challenges.

Report by Conor M. Savoy and Alexandra Norris — September 27, 2022

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