Recommendations
Towards a Circular Steel Industry
26th July 2023 Steel, a vital material for human societies, enables progress in various sectors. However, the steel industry contributes about 7% of global carbon... →
A world of debt: A growing burden to global prosperity
24th July 2023 Public debt can be vital for development. Governments use it to finance their expenditures, to protect and invest in their people, and to pave... →
Scaling Agritech at the Last Mile: Converging Efforts for Farmers’ Prosperity
24th July 2023 India, one of the largest producers of food in the world, is working on ambitious targets to transform the state of agriculture in order to feed... →
One-stop border posts in East Africa: impact on transport costs and issues for further analysis
24th July 2023 Trade is essential for economic growth and development in East Africa. However, trade has been hampered by various challenges, including long wait... →
Transition finance for emerging economies
24th July 2023 Finance to support investments aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in hard-to-abate sectors, such as cement, steel, plastics, trucking,... →
Green hydrogen for sustainable (re)industrialisation in South Africa: Industrial policy for hard-to-abate industries and linkages development
21st July 2023 Climate change is now acknowledged to require far-reaching changes within and across countries to reduce emissions and their... →
Declaration Of The Brics Political Parties Plus Dialogue 18th – 20th July 2023
21st July 2023 We, the BRICS Political Parties Plus Dialogue, gathered in Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on 18 to 20 July 2023 under the theme, ‘BRICS and Africa:... →
Race still a factor in SA – Macro-Social Report
By: Sane Dhlamini 20th July 2023 Independent think-tank Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Mistra) Director of Operations Dr Yacoob Abba Omar said on Thursday that race... →
Practical reflections on conducting survey research in cities in low and middle-income countries
20th July 2023 Researchers, planners and policymakers in low- and middle-income countries often lack up-to-date and representative data about urban populations.... →
How do social protection programmes in the Global South affect migration decisions? A review of the literature
20th July 2023 Migration often results from the need to ensure a job, a better and more steady income and to protect one’s family against risks, all similar to... →
