Posts by AfriCatalyst
Rethinking how to attract private sector finance for Africa’s development
For years, the private sector has been hailed as the essential engine of Africa’s development. It represents more than 80% of total production and two thirds of total investment. It…
Read MoreEmbracing aquaculture to meet Africa’s food needs
Decades after the end of colonial rule, Africa is still struggling to feed its people. At least one in five Africans goes to bed hungry and an estimated 140 million…
Read MoreAvoiding the Looming Disillusionment about IMF Climate Finance
The new IMF climate finance mechanism faces multiple implementation challenges. It will take urgent actions from the institution and its major shareholders to avoid disillusionment among policymakers in climate-vulnerable developing…
Read MoreEconomic emergence is the new target for African countries, but how can it be achieved?
As African countries work towards the goal of achieving economic emergence, Daouda Sembene points out that the key challenge is developing a concrete action plan to shape reform. While embracing…
Read MoreDisabling the drivers of unequal growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fast growth and increasing levels of inequality have come to characterise many of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic success stories. Understanding the drivers of unequal growth will require looking beyond the narrative…
Read MoreIn the COVID-19 War, the IMF Arsenal Must Fully Benefit Low-Income Countries
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a huge economic toll in low-income countries. The IMF has provided prompt support to help mitigate it, but it could and should do much more.…
Read MoreHow To Optimize Africa’s Economic Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
As part of their efforts to contain the economic, social, and political fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, many African countries have announced large fiscal stimulus packages. But planned fiscal responses…
Read More[Tribune] Coronavirus: faced with the crisis, the IMF could do more
Advisor to the Senegalese presidency and former administrator at the International Monetary Fund, Daouda Sembène proposes five measures to be put in place to deal with this exceptional crisis. A…
Read MoreBeyond the Money: How IFIs and MDBs Can Better Support Pandemic Recovery in Africa ?
The case for boosting the lending capacity of international financial and development institutions has already been persuasively made. Expectations of progress on this front are firming up, fueled by the…
Read MoreIs Africa Wasting the Pandemic-Induced Economic Crisis?
In many African countries, the economic response to the crisis so far appears to have been broadly less consistent than the health response. For mitigation measures to be stronger and…
Read MoreSDR Reallocations for Africa: Meeting Civil Society Organizations from Senegal and Ghana
AfriCatalyst recently met with officials and representatives from several civil society organizations in Senegal and Ghana to discuss issues pertaining to the reallocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), with a…
Read MoreSDR Reallocations for Africa: Meeting with Ghanaian authorities
AfriCatalyst visited Accra to discuss with selected stakeholders about innovative and strategic ways to mobilize additional financing for Africa. We are very grateful to them for taking time to listen…
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