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  • Locally Manufactured Wind Turbines Provide Affordable Electricity

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    This article was originally drafted by Oluchi Agbanyim and the Centre for Democracy and Development for the newsletter “West Africa Insight” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. What protracts poverty in most communities in the Sahel is lack of energy, and one […]

  • How Much Does Education Cost?

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    The following article deals with the topic “Effective Investments in Education,” which was discussed at the Global Economic Symposium in Rio. The author intends to promote ongoing discussion of this topic by sharing her personal stories and ideas. As a fundamental right, and the key difference-maker for successful development, education in Brazil already has a […]

  • Elephant in Motion

    BRICS Reports: An Elephant In Motion

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    This article is part of a cooperation between Future Challenges and the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI). SGI’s new study “Change Ahead? Sustainable Governance in the BRICS” examines policy making in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. We’ve asked five of our bloggers to tell us what they think about the reports. At the end of […]

  • Swecha and Green the Gap founder Vimlendu Jha shows off his wares. Photo by Paula Fortes, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.

    Green the Gap

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    The following article deals with the topic “ OOPs—Out of Prison” which was discussed at the Global Economic Symposium in Rio. The author intends to promote ongoing discussion of this topic by sharing his personal stories and ideas. At Wednesday’s Ideas Fair, attendees of the Global Economic Symposium had the […]