COVID-19 has turned everything upside down. The global lockdowns, the stresses on weak health systems, the absence of fiscal space and social safety nets, the downturn in the world economy, have wiped out years of progress in development across the developing world.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the trade war between China and the US, competing paradigms on the relationship between food trade and security have become more complex than ever ahead of the UN World Food Systems Summit in 2021.
Most parts of the world sighed in relief when the outcome of the U.S. presidential election was announced—not only because the wait had been long, but also because the victory of Joe Biden signaled a return to a more civil, less shrill America.
Does China provide African countries with ‘China-powered’ agency to challenge other external actors for their own political benefit?
The global energy landscape has changed dramatically over the past 25 years, but there are potentially much larger and rapid changes in store in the future.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is host to countries with stark disparities in development ranging from least developing such as Malawi to middle income such as South Africa.
In preparing this report, SAIIA’s Futures programme brought together a number of industry experts, government representatives, academics and thinkers using a scenarios-building methodology to explore the implications of the roll-out of EVs in the SADC region.
COVID-19 has been very damaging to global equity and debt markets, especially in developing markets with riskier assets.
The large-scale adoption of electrical vehicles (EVs) is both an opportunity and threat if SADC member states do not act proactively to adjust to the future of mining.
This policy insight reviews the pathways toward enabling just e-mobility transitions in SADC member states.
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