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Tracking Poverty from Space, Building by Building (opens the original)
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BLUF: For the first time, we can track poverty, energy access, income, and economic growth at the level of individual buildings, across entire continents, and update those estimates continuously. The result is not just better individual projects, but a fundamentally more productive way of allocating the immense resources the world directs at poverty alleviation. These tools stand to reshape how aid is spent, making every dollar smarter.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://s
What a Recent Bribery Case Reveals About the Importance of Transparent Power Contracts (opens the original)
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The recent conviction of former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Berko on bribery and money laundering charges linked to Aksa Enerji’s Ghana power project has understandably focused attention on public sector corruption. But the trial also raises a broader question about how major power deals are negotiated, reviewed, and approved, especially during emergency procurement.According to news reports, Goldman Sachs’ compliance team repeatedly <a
From Death Spiral to Economic Engine (opens the original)
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BLUF: Unreliable power supply in many African countries suppresses commerce, manufacturing, and employment. Firms reduce productivity, leave the grid for self-supply or invest in costly and redundant backup systems. Utilities, in turn, lose revenue as grid demand falls and cost of infrastructure maintenance rises. As grid defection worsens and utility health deteriorates, national economies suffer, too — with the continuum spanning from (the worst) Nigeria’s utility collapse and economic losses
More Electricity Means a Bigger Payoff in the Poorest Countries (opens the original)
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Economist Lant Pritchett has a new paper arguing economic growth alone is enough to deliver better developm
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