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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedDuring the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in April 2025, Foresight Africa podcast host Landry Signé interviewed leaders in the global finance and development space to glean their key takeaways from the meetings and how they might shape policy decisions and deliver tangible results across Africa. In this special episode, you will hear highlights from each of the conversations, and you can find full interviews at brookings.edu/ForesightSpringMeetings . Show notes and transcript Foresight Africa podcast is part of the Brookings Podcast Network . Subscribe and listen on Apple , Spotify , Afripods , and wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback email to podcasts@brookings.edu.…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedHost Landry Signé and Belinda Archibong, a fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings, discuss inequalities that hinder development across Africa and policy choices that can overcome them. These include increasing job opportunities for women and youth, passing laws against gender and youth discrimination, and providing access to financial resources to both demographics. Archibong uses Nigeria as a case study to show how these inequalities hinder economic development. Show notes and transcript Foresight Africa podcast is part of the Brookings Podcast Network . Subscribe and listen on Apple , Spotify , Afripods , and wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback email to podcasts@brookings.edu.…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedHost Landry Signé and Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, executive president of the Policy Center for the New South, discuss the rapid shift toward transactional relationships between countries in the South and North that may prove difficult for less stable countries in the New South to navigate. Macroeconomic stability and independent monetary policy are fundamental, he says, and countries must create their own specialized strategies for economic growth. Show notes and transcript Foresight Africa podcast is part of the Brookings Podcast Network . Subscribe and listen on Apple , Spotify , Afripods , and wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback email to podcasts@brookings.edu.…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedClimate change is one of the biggest challenges the continent of Africa faces, but with severe challenges come generational opportunities. In this episode, host Landry Signé interviews Vera Songwe, chair of the board of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility and a Brookings Africa Growth Initiative nonresident senior fellow, about those opportunities including, as she argues, converting Africa’s assets like the largest carbon sink in the world into financial resources that African countries can invest in growth. Show notes and transcript Foresight Africa podcast is part of the Brookings Podcast Network . Subscribe and listen on Apple , Spotify , Afripods , and wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback email to podcasts@brookings.edu.…
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