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Two pregnant women and their children wait to be seen in a queue at a clinic in Mozambique

Focus on Africa Podcast ↗

In the second half of this episode of Focus on Africa, IGC Mozambique's Sandra Sequeira explains how a simple appointment book is bringing antenatal care closer to pregnant women.
BBC
Businessman working on laptop with icons on virtual screen, Online documentation database and document management system concept.

Can AI make dysfunctional governments more effective? ↗

IGC’s Shahrukh Wani is quoted in The Economist on why investing in data and institutional capacity is essential for AI to strengthen public-sector effectiveness.
The Economist
Grand Renaissance Dam Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s economic transformation ↗

Tewodros Gebrewolde featured in CNN's special on Ethiopia's economic transformation, providing context on Ethiopia's remarkable economic progress over the past two decades.
CNN
IT project in southern Africa

Africa’s new economic transformation: More than manufacturing ↗

The IGC's Richard Newfarmer explains why structural transformation to accelerate growth is about more than manufacturing.
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IGC, LSE and Tata Power launch innovation lab to accelerate India’s energy transition

IGC Press Release

Signing the EIIL MoU
A proposal for a unified global carbon market ↗

Robin Burgess and Rohini Pande discuss their draft proposal for a unified carbon market. They explain how a single, opt-in compliance market could work, why it could increase the scale and speed of decarbonisation, and whether it could shift petrostates into 'electro-states'.

Media coverage

Robin Burgess and Rohini Pande
GAM and IGC launch training program on Cities Spatial Model ↗

The Greater Amman Municipality launched an intensive training program on the Cities Spatial Model, in cooperation with the IGC.

Jordan News Agency

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New reforms could revive carbon finance after years of stagnation ↗

Carbon markets struggle after 2022–2023 scandals. The IGC notes international carbon trading could cut costs and benefit developing countries.

Reuters

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Elite capture ↗

Published in Dawn, IGC Country Director Ijaz Nabi, highlights how "elite capture" continues to constrain Pakistan's economic progress.

Dawn

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Tove van Lennep

Head of Communications, International Growth Centre