Robyn Leary

IFC investments of $14bn target 45 African countries

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) committed a total investment of US$14.2 billion in private-sector projects in 45 African countries in... Read more

5 Nov, 2024

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IMF isn’t doing enough to support Africa: billions could be made available through special drawing rights

Kevin P. Gallagher, Boston University and Abebe Shimeles, University of Cape Town At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados... Read more

5 Nov, 2024

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Visions of development have shifted in Africa over the past two decades: study explores how Rwanda and Ethiopia tried to shape the future

Barnaby Joseph Dye, King’s College London and Biruk Terrefe, Bayreuth University Contemporary economic challenges in Africa appear to be... Read more

5 Nov, 2024

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Big companies profit from poverty but aren’t obliged to uphold human rights. International law must change – scholar

Bonita Meyersfeld, University of the Witwatersrand There is some disagreement among legal practitioners and scholars about whether corporations have... Read more

4 Nov, 2024

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