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India-Japan “Africa Outlook”: The Sustainable Development Logic of a Global South Manufacturing Hub

India and Japan jointly released the "India-Japan Strategic Vision for Expanding Cooperation in Africa", aiming to build a trade and investment hub for Africa through India's manufacturing base. This article analyzes the sustainability prospects and potential challenges of this initiative from the perspectives of global development governance, ESG risks, and the transformation of South-South cooperation.

Samuel Okafor4 min read
ESG & Policy

ESG Enters Asian Boardrooms: The Key That Real Estate and Infrastructure Leaders Must Grasp

Asian real estate and infrastructure companies' boards are undergoing a fundamental transformation: ESG has leaped from a peripheral issue to a strategic core. This article explores why embedding ESG into the financial architecture, rather than treating it as an add-on, is key to determining a company's competitiveness over the next decade.

Dr. Aris Thorne3 min read
Development

Why is Liberia calling for a new global poverty reduction framework: shifting from aid logic to resilience investment

At the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum held in Beijing, Liberia called on the international community to shift from short-term aid to long-term investment, reflecting the global poverty reduction agenda’s shift from project-oriented approaches to system building, from governance by averages to prioritizing vulnerable groups, and also highlighting how climate, debt, food security, and employment issues are reshaping global development cooperation.

Samuel Okafor7 min read