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Recovering from COVID: Building Resilience in Select African Economies

Recovering from COVID: Building Resilience in Select African Economies
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Africa s COVID-19 Recovery Challenge: How the G20 can Bridge the Development Financing Gap

Africa s COVID-19 Recovery Challenge: How the G20 can Bridge the Development Financing Gap
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Exclusive: Taking power - Chinese firm to run Laos electric grid amid default warnings

5 Min Read (Reuters) - The poor, small Southeast Asian country of Laos is set to cede majority control of its electric grid to a Chinese company, as it struggles to stave off a potential debt default, people with direct knowledge of the agreement said. FILE PHOTO: A farmer works in a paddy field under the power lines near Nam Theun 2 dam in Khammouane province in Laos.Picture taken October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Aubrey Belford/File Photo The deal comes at a time when critics accuse Beijing of “debt trap diplomacy” to gain strategic advantage in countries struggling to repay loans taken out under President Xi Jinping’s global “Belt and Road” infrastructure initiative.

A New Year brings Enduring Challenges: Financing for Water and Sanitation Utilities during COVID-19

A New Year Brings Enduring Challenges: Financing for Water and Sanitation Utilities During COVID-19 Eleven months have passed since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). As we rang in the new year, the world surpassed two million deaths due to COVID-19. While it is encouraging that 77 countries have distributed 168 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, only a small fraction of these are in low-income countries. Vaccinations may not be widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa until 2022-2023. Furthermore, the new COVID-19 variant recently discovered in South Africa is estimated to be 50 percent more contagious, underscoring the need for a collaborative international response.

Exclusive: Taking power - Chinese firm to run Laos electric grid amid default warnings

5 Min Read (Reuters) - The poor, small Southeast Asian country of Laos is set to cede majority control of its electric grid to a Chinese company, as it struggles to stave off a potential debt default, people with direct knowledge of the agreement said. FILE PHOTO: A farmer works in a paddy field under the power lines near Nam Theun 2 dam in Khammouane province in Laos.Picture taken October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Aubrey Belford/File Photo The deal comes at a time when critics accuse Beijing of “debt trap diplomacy” to gain strategic advantage in countries struggling to repay loans taken out under President Xi Jinping’s global “Belt and Road” infrastructure initiative.

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