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Kanayo F.  Nwanze

Kanayo F. Nwanze

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Kanayo F. Nwanze is President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the first recipient of the Africa Food Prize.

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  1. Refugees and Rural Poverty
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    Refugees and Rural Poverty

    Sep 9, 2016 Kanayo F. Nwanze makes the case for focusing on where poverty is concentrated in addressing migrant flows.

  2. Harnessing the Remittance Boom
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    Harnessing the Remittance Boom

    May 18, 2013 Kanayo F. Nwanze on the enormous development potential of remittances to rural areas.

  3. Small Farms’ Large Benefits
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    Small Farms’ Large Benefits

    Sep 21, 2012 Kanayo F. Nwanze

  4. Climate-Smart Smallholders
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    Climate-Smart Smallholders

    Mar 13, 2012 Paul Kagame & Kanayo F. Nwanze

  5. The Road to Food Security
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    The Road to Food Security

    Aug 20, 2010 Kanayo F. Nwanze

  1. perincek1_KENZO TRIBOUILLARDAFP via Getty Images_EUrawmaterials Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images

    Ensuring Europe’s Supply of Critical Minerals

    Rüya Perincek & Andreas Goldthau call for coordinated funding, resource diplomacy, and secondary material partnerships to boost recycling.
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    Readying the Resistance, Again

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca

    The United States is not a monarchy, but a federal republic. States and cities controlled by Democrats represent half the country, and they can resist Donald Trump’s overreach by using the tools of progressive federalism, many of which were sharpened during his first administration.

    see Democrat-controlled states as a potential check on Donald Trump’s far-right agenda.
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    Russia’s Nostalgia Machine

    Nina L. Khrushcheva explores how the Kremlin relies on an idealized version of the past to comfort – and subdue – the public.
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    The Trade Shifts Redefining Economic Development

    Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta consider the long-term implications of three major trends that could reshape globalization.
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    Trump at the Gates

    Joschka Fischer urges Europeans to recognize that they are now on their own in an increasingly dangerous world.
  6. stiglitz347_Kevin DietschGettyImages_bye_biden Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

    The End of Progress?

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    Though the United States has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under President Donald Trump and the country’s ascendant oligarchy. America’s rejection of Enlightenment values will have dire consequences.

    predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
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    China’s Trump Dilemma

    Yanis Varoufakis thinks the real choice facing Chinese leaders may be whether to challenge the dollar's hegemony head-on.
  8. lamy10_Badru KatumbaGettyImages_jackfruit_farmer Badru Katumba/Getty Images

    The Key to Narrowing the Development Gap

    Pascal Lamy, et al. explain how investments in African agri-food systems can advance many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.

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