Focus on the Global South

INET is invested in identifying the complex global interactions that influence poverty and development with a focus on strategies that have proven successful in promoting equitable growth, promoting capabilities, and reducing poverty.

Article

How COVID-19 Is Impacting Rural Africans in the Sahel

By Sidiki Diarra and Camilla Toulmin

May 11, 2021

An interview with young migrants living in Mali’s capital city of Bamako

Article

How China Is Offering an Alternative to the IMF

By C.P. Chandrasekhar

Apr 15, 2021

Article

“Young African People See No Clear Future for Themselves”

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Apr 14, 2021

Research

The Pandemic and the Economic Crisis: A Global Agenda for Urgent Action

Article

"Some African leaders grabbed the COVID pandemic as a way to trespass on people’s democratic rights ….. so from this standpoint it has not been a good year for governance."

By Camilla Toulmin and Folashadé Soulé

Mar 2, 2021

Podcasts

What the West Can and Cannot Learn from China

Feb 8, 2021

Article

Paper: Structural Transformation, Economic Development and Industrialization in Post-Covid-19 Africa

By Carlos Lopes and Dirk Willem te Velde

Jan 14, 2021

Podcasts

Saikat Chakrabarti: Biden's Many Options for Creating Real Change

Jan 14, 2021

Article

Carlos Lopes: The COVID-19 Crisis Presents Major Opportunities for Africa’s Structural Transformation

By Camilla Toulmin and Folashadé Soulé

Jan 6, 2021