I was re-reading this piece from Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms on AI.

Such a clear framework for thinking about the issue.

Highly recommended.👇

hbr.org/2024/01/leadin…

As China has rolled back loans to Africa, the oil-rich United Arab Emirates has become an increasingly important source of foreign investment ft.com/content/388e16…

…and to what extent is any of it additional to or just relabelled development finance or low quality self-reporting -anyway let’s also sort all this through the NCQG process?! Thanks for the analysis Joe Thwaites and also Ian Mitchell euan ritchie Charles Kenny david_mcnair

Important analysis of this week's G7 Italy Finance Minister's meeting. 👇

Depictions of Africa in the global news media still perpetuate colonial-era stereotypes of a crisis-laden continent.

As my colleague Ruth Omondi writes, we need journalists to tell the full story—the story of a vibrant, dynamic, and evolving Africa. opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/changin…

New: Rich countries finally met their goal to deliver $100 billion in climate finance to poorer countries, a target that has been frequently cited as evidence of rich countries’ indifference, inaction, and lack of ambition on climate:
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G7 Italy Finance Ministers failed to significantly increase development & climate funding. This completely ignores calls from African leaders and the current financial reality. Net transfers to developing countries are at their lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis. 🤯

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ONE’s reaction to the outcome of the G7 Italy Finance Minister’s meeting 👇🏾

Did we reach the goal of labeling $100bn of international finance as having something to do with some aspect of climate adaptation or mitigation?

We did?

Many congratulations to the hard working labeling teams!

;-)

After nearly four years languishing in default, Zambia is finally due to emerge with an IMF restructuring deal. Some big picture thoughts that hopefully make sense to laymen. (1/9) 🧵ft.com/content/bfa3c2…

Governments around the world are beefing up defence spending but funding for peace-building work is at a 15 year low. Instead let's invest in conflict prevention & resolution work so less defense spending is needed. Glad to join interesting conversations at European Institute of Peace (EIP) yesterday