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Center for International Relations
and Sustainable Development

The sun has not set on oil and mining industries in Africa

Olusegun Obasanjo Mining and oil is not a sunset industry in Africa. The sector holds great promise — Africa has a big comparative advantage in its store of mineral wealth and human capital. But unlocking this needs policies that encourage long-term, generational investment, not shortsighted resourc…

Why Corruption Matters

William J. Burns, Michael Mullen Pope Francis has called corruption “the gangrene of a people.” US Secretary of State John Kerry has labeled it a “radicalizer,” because it “destroys faith in legitimate authority.” And British Prime Minister David Cameron has described it as “one of the greatest enem…