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This report, published by the Africa Policy Research Institute in 2023, examines the diverse narratives surrounding China's engagement in Africa. It challenges binary Western interpretations—which often frame China as either a benevolent partner or a predatory actor—by highlighting the agency of African states and the pragmatic ways they leverage Chinese finance and infrastructure for domestic goals. The document analyzes specific narrative contests, such as the 'debt-trap' discourse and the 'Indo-Pacific' strategic concept, arguing that African perspectives are often marginalized in global policy discussions.

This report presents an integrated cost-benefit analysis by the NBI Global Resource Centre on the use of nature-based infrastructure (NBI) to combat land degradation and desertification in Burkina Faso, highlighting significant economic returns and socioeconomic benefits.

The REGULATING AND ENABLING INNOVATION R3LAB TOOLKIT is a practical guide published by FSD Africa in June 2024 to help insurance regulators in Africa balance the promotion of innovation with consumer protection. It provides a structured framework for conducting innovation gap and ecosystem assessments, introduces a diverse set of regulatory, supervisory, engagement, and monitoring tools, and offers guidance on converting these into actionable workplans with measurable KPIs.

This policy brief argues that social protection policies are essential for building climate resilience in Africa, where climate change threatens to push 130 million people into poverty. It highlights the role of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) for sovereign insurance and Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) as key examples of climate-responsive tools. The author emphasizes the need for increased funding from multilateral sources like the Loss and Damage Fund and the Green Climate Fund to bridge the financing gap for climate-induced economic damages.

This policy brief analyzes financial capital trends in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020, examining how financial assets and liabilities impact their respective comprehensive wealth indices and offering recommendations for debt management and financial resilience.

This policy brief examines natural capital trends in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020, highlighting a general failure in management and a decline or stagnation in per capita market natural capital stocks since 2008.

This policy brief examines trends in produced capital—the value of human-made assets used in production, including intangible assets—in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020. It highlights that these nations face low levels of produced capital compared to developed countries, uneven investment allocation, and significant data gaps that hinder policy-making.

This report analyzes the comprehensive wealth of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020, arguing that while GDP growth suggests sound development, the nation's overall wealth portfolio indicates an unsustainable path due to an overreliance on the petroleum industry.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) advocates for the use of "comprehensive wealth"—a measure of natural, human, social, produced, and financial capital—to complement GDP in measuring national progress and guiding decision-making for long-term well-being. The report analyzes data from 1995 to 2020 for Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago to demonstrate insights into development paths that are not apparent through GDP alone.

This report examines the use of comprehensive wealth as a counterpoint to GDP in Indonesia, analyzing the growth of the country's asset portfolio—including produced, human, natural, financial, and social capital—between 1995 and 2020.

This report analyzes Ethiopia's comprehensive wealth from 1992 to 2020, arguing that capital assets—human, natural, produced, financial, and social—are more accurate measures of economic progress than GDP. While Ethiopia's comprehensive wealth grew significantly over the study period, recent trends show a decline in real per capita wealth and increasing environmental pressures.

This fact sheet by Zero Carbon Analytics explains the mechanics, predictions, and regional impacts of La Niña, the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. It details the likelihood of a transition to La Niña in 2024, the increasing frequency of multi-year events, and how human-caused climate change influences these phenomena without offsetting overall global warming.

This report provides an economic valuation of the Parques del Río Norte expansion project in Medellín, Colombia, which aims to restore urban green space to mitigate the effects of climate change and rapid urbanization.

This policy brief analyzes human capital trends in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020. While Indonesia and Ethiopia saw overall growth that stalled recently, Trinidad and Tobago experienced a significant decline after 2008. The report emphasizes that human capital constitutes over half of the comprehensive wealth in these nations and urges diversification away from concentrated sectors (like agriculture in Ethiopia and services in Indonesia) and declining industries (like petroleum in Trinidad and Tobago) to ensure future prosperity.

This policy brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines natural capital trends in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020. It argues that relying on GDP as a measure of progress masks the depletion of natural assets and advocates for the use of comprehensive or inclusive wealth (C/IW) metrics to ensure sustainable development.

A policy brief examining produced capital trends in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020. It finds that produced capital levels are low compared to developed nations and heavily concentrated in a few sectors (e.g., petroleum in Trinidad and Tobago, manufacturing and real estate in Ethiopia and Indonesia). The report highlights a critical lack of investment in renewable energy in Indonesia and Trinidad and Tobago, and a misalignment of agricultural investment in Ethiopia. It concludes that the absence of regular wealth measurement by national statistical offices hinders the ability of policy-makers to achieve sustainable development goals.

The April 2024 Peace & Security Council Report by the Institute for Security Studies examines critical challenges within the African Union's (AU) peace and security architecture. It analyzes the potential restoration of the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS), the political implications of Chad's May 2024 election, the security crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the strategic priorities of Egypt upon rejoining the Peace and Security Council (PSC).

The March 2024 Peace & Security Council Report examines the transition of the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) membership, the critical security situation in Abyei, the operational challenges of the African Standby Force (ASF), ongoing AU institutional reforms, and the response of ECOWAS to unconstitutional changes of government in West Africa.

This policy brief by the Africa Policy Research Institute examines the Global Shield (GS) initiative and the broader climate insurance landscape in Africa. The authors argue that while insurance can provide rapid disaster response, it is an insufficient tool for addressing the diverse, slow-onset impacts of climate change and often fails to provide equitable protection due to high premiums, technical complexities, and the risk of 'basis risk' where payouts are not triggered despite actual losses.

This report by FSD Africa evaluates the Africa Regulatory Support Programme (ARSP), which provided technical assistance to capital markets regulators across Africa from September 2018 to March 2023. The document outlines key lessons from interventions in eight countries and three regional blocs, emphasizing the need to balance international best practices with local context, the challenges of regulatory and market capacity, and the importance of sequencing and clustering interventions for maximum impact.