The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) crossed the necessary threshold for continental implementation in May 2019. The speed at which the ratification happened could be interpreted as widespread political buy-in, in part, driven by analysis showing that lowering intra-African...

Over the past few decades, global human development has improved across multiple dimensions. Poverty has fallen, incomes have grown, and improvements in education, health, infrastructure, and governance have been sustained. However, the drivers of this success (technology and globalization in...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development centers around 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the global community with 169 targets towards multidimensional development. Our progress is inadequate, and the COVID-19 has further slowed the attainment of the SDGs. This report addresses the...