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Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech | TechCrunch
Equator, a climate tech VC firm, closes first fund at $55 million to support seed and Series A startups in energy, agriculture, and mobility. (2025)
The Oxford-Cambridge Arc. How Labour can unshackle Britain’s most innovative region
It will have to confront the charge of elitism | Leaders (2025)
Javier Milei: “My contempt for the state is infinite”
Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right. They should get to know him better | Leaders (2024)
Mapped: The Population of India’s States Compared with Countries
This map juxtaposes the population of India with that of entire countries, to give perspective on the soon-to-be most populous country. (2024)
Why everyone should watch out for Indonesia
Indonesia is the world's fourth biggest country by population and is projected to have the world's fourth biggest economy within a few decades. Its... (2024)
The Olympics and The new geography of Paris
Reshaping the French capital and its banlieues | Europe (2024)
How Europe’s fear of migrants came to dominate its foreign policy
The me-first school of diplomacy. Trade, aid and visas are increasingly conditional on helping Europe stem migration | Europe (2024)
Egypt: a crisis deferred
After pushing its economy to the brink, Egypt gets a bail-out. But a record-setting investment from the UAE will not fix its chronic problems | ... (2024)
Silicon rally: As San Francisco builds the future of technology, can it rebuild itself?
Cities: one of America’s great cities has a fresh chance to rebuild itself. People feared a doom loop. Reality has been more surprising | Leaders (2024)
Tourist taxes will make these destinations more expensive in 2024
A growing number of destinations worldwide are collecting a tax on tourists. Here are the places where you’ll have to pay up to visit in 2024. (2024)
Madrid is booming. Growing while keeping its cool will be the tricky part
A southern success story | Europe Madrid. A moment in the sun. (2024)
Paths to prosperity. How to get rich in the 21st century
The race to become the next economic superpower | Finance & economics (2024)
Investment policy: Why German bosses are heaping unexpected praise on France
Rivals on the Rhine. It is not how things used to be | Europe (2023)
Singapore urbanism - by Noah Smith - Noahpinion
Thoughts from a visit to the solarpunk city. The first thing that really strikes you about Singapore is how incredibly rich it is. Measured b... (2023)
To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it
The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)
The Rise of the Meta City
The playing field of corporate location is changing, driven by new digital technologies and the shift to remote work. The authors outline the struc... (2023)
The Mittelstand will redeem German innovation
Deutschland AG’s bright light bulb | Business (2023)
Redividing the world. Governments across the world are discovering “homeland economics”
Special report, the world economy. Introducing industrial policy is a big mistake, argues Callum Williams | Special report (2023)
Artificial intelligence. Abu Dhabi throws a surprise challenger into the AI race
Can Falcon soar? It has released the world’s most powerful open-source model, and will soon launch an AI company | Business (2023)
Asia’s new aid diplomacy. Charity closer to home
Richer Asian countries helping poorer ones will shape the region’s geopolitics. China isn’t the only country giving out goodies in Asia. Japan and... (2023)
Brazil’s hinterland now resembles Texas
The new Brazil. It is a land of “roughs”, not playboys. The hinterland is getting political and cultural clout | The Americas (2023)
Asian integration: What Asia’s economic revolution means for the world
Investing in the neighborhood. Asia’s economies are coming closer together. That will benefit them, and the world. Links between the region’s count... (2023)
Economic integration: How Asia is reinventing its economic model
A new Era of Asian commerce. How the continent at the heart of globalization is reinventing itself. The continent’s future will involve less Weste... (2023)
Lost Water in Amman, Jordan
The desert city of Amman is running out of water. Meanwhile, officials fixate on gleaming visions of growth, perpetuating the fantasy that urban dy... (2023)
Latin America could become this century’s commodity superpower
Commodities in the 21st century. A growing, greening world will be ravenous for Latin America’s commodities. Will it deliver? | The Americas (2023)
The next commodity boom. How Latin America could be a commodities superpower
It must not squander the opportunity of the next commodity boom | Leaders (2023)
Asian farming: India’s journey from agricultural basket case to breadbasket
Technology and market forces are overcoming the heavy hand of the state | Finance & economics. Indian agriculture has begun a subtle revolution; in... (2023)
Software power. How India is using digital technology to project power
Narendra Modi sees his country’s digital public infrastructure as an Indian Belt and Road Initiative | Asia Once known as the “India stack”, the... (2023)
De-growth: Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy
De-growers of the world, unite! | Europe Stop the economy, lefty Europeans want to get off. “Panels of citizens can advise what is wasteful ... (2023)
Africa’s debts. Africa faces a mounting debt crisis
Rising rates are hurting some of its brightest economic stars. Some of the continent’s brightest economic stars are in serious trouble (2023)
Mexico’s $7.5B Gamble to Disrupt the Panama Canal | WSJ Breaking Ground
Mexico’s $7.5 billion interoceanic corridor aims to ease a major chokehold in a global shipping mess and rival the Panama Canal. The stretch of lan... (2024)
Why no one wants to host the Olympics
and should there be a permanent host? (2024)
Why is Switzerland home to so many billionaires?
Switzerland is populated with billionaires — there's one for every 80,000 people. As of 2022, the country was home to an estimated 110 billionaires... (2024)
How Singapore Got So Crazy Rich
Singapore has transformed itself from a colonial trading port to a buzzing financial center in just a matter of decades. It’s been held up as an ex... (2024)
Lagos: Nigeria’s Growth Is Unsustainable. Here’s Why.
Nigeria’s Growth Is Unsustainable. Here’s Why. (2024)
Why Indonesia's Economy Matters and Its Unexpected Growth | Indonesian Economy
Why Indonesia's Economy Matters and Its Unexpected Growth | Indonesian Economy (2023)
The Insane Scale of Europe’s New Mega-Tunnel
Denmark is building a record-breaking tunnel to Germany. (2023)
Mumbai, India's Transforming MEGACITY
Mumbai, India’s Transforming MEGACITYFive transportation megaprojects are under construction throughout Mumbai, a city of 25 million. This short do... (2023)
Why West Virginia is so Poor
Why West Virginia is so Poor (2023)
The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River
The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)
Manaus: Why Brazil Built a City in the Middle of the Amazon
The Brazilian city of Manaus sits alone in the middle of the Amazon, and yet it still grew to become the seventh largest city in the country. So wh... (2023)
The new land rush in Wyoming
Teton County in Wyoming is home to the widest income divide in America, with a median house price of more than $5 million and an average income of ... (2023)
Why is Argentina’s economy such a mess?
Rampant inflation, a booming black market for US dollars and crippling debt - welcome to Argentina, one of the world's most dysfunctional economies... (2023)
Samsung’s Dangerous Dominance over South Korea
Samsung’s Dangerous Dominance over South Korea (2023)
Green Hydrogen in Namibia: This $10BN Desert Megaproject is a Game Changer
This project is worth the same as the country's entire GDP.Correction: The map at 3:41 shows the Walvis Bay. The Port of Luderitz is located furthe... (2023)
Why Silicon Valley is here
Why Silicon Valley is here. One radio engineer had a plan. And it worked. (2023)
Rwanda to become the next Singapore?
Rwanda to become the next Singapore? (2023)
TED Talk: Why societies collapse | Jared Diamond
Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond ... (2023)
Why America's Biggest Cities Are Littered With Vacant Lots | WSJ
From New York to Austin, America’s biggest cities are littered with vacant plots of land because property tax bills can skyrocket once vacant lots ... (2023)
Why 82% of Mexico is Empty
Why 82% of Mexico is Empty (2023)
Italy is Building a New Tech Capital in Milan
This digital twin is turning an area of Milan into Italy's new tech capital. (2023)
Why a Billionaire is Building a $400BN City in the US Desert
Why a Billionaire is Building a $400BN City in the US Desert We spoke to US billionaire Marc Lore about his plans to build Telosa... (2023)
How Norway Got So Insanely Rich
How Norway Got So Insanely Rich (2023)
Why wasn't Portugal conquered by Spain?
Why wasn't Portugal conquered by Spain? (2023)
Dubai’s Radical Plan For 2040
Is it really possible to fix Dubai? (2023)
Egypt plans to green its desert
Egypt plans to green its desert Egypt is growing at two million people a year. Urban infrastructures can'... (2023)
How Ireland is Secretly Becoming the Richest Country in the World
How Ireland is Secretly Becoming the Richest Country in the World (2023)
How Singapore Solved Housing
How Singapore Solved Housing (2022)
Perpetual Crisis: Why Argentina is not rich
Perpetual Crisis: Why Argentina is not rich (2022)
Why Are North & South Italy So Different From Each Other?
In this video I talk about how North Italy is very different from the South in a number of indicators such as GDP, industry, population, unemployme... (2022)
How subsidies helped Montreal become "the Hollywood of video games" : Planet Money : NPR
For decades, Montreal has used generous tax subsidies to boost its video game industry. The policy has succeeded, but the city may need to keep the... (2022)
Short On Workers, This Resort Town Has Stopped Marketing Itself To Tourists : NPR
A Colorado resort town reliant on summer visitors has halted tourism marketing because an affordable housing crisis means businesses don't have eno... (2021)
Dematerialization and What It Means for the Economy — and Climate Change - Harvard Business Review (podcast)
Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less ... (2019)
Tech Company Brings Jobs And Optimism To Colorado Coal Country : NPR
For the first time in years, Delta County in western Colorado is experiencing population growth, one indicator that rural Americans are increasingl... (2018)
After The Storm: Stories of Puerto Rican Resilience | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
One year after Hurricane Maria, The Takeaway travels to Puerto Rico to explore how identity has changed on the island. (2018)
India Aims For The World's Biggest Health Care Overhaul : NPR
Posh private hospitals give world-class care — and serve lattes. At government facilities, cancer patients sleep on the sidewalk. But the prime min... (2018)
How Venezuela Struck It Poor – Foreign Policy (with audio track)
The seeds of the apparently sudden collapse of Venezuela’s once-proud oil industry were sown two decades ago. (2018)
In Miami, Combating Climate Change Street by Street | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
In light of sea-level-rise threats, local organizations have begun to shift their missions towards resources and solutions in greater Miami that co... (2018)
Fordlandia (Brazil)- 99% Invisible
In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped... (2018)
Costs of the Olympics | Council on Foreign Relations
Andrew Zimbalist, the Robert A. Woods professor of economics at Smith College, joins CFR's James M. Lindsay to discuss the political and economic c... (2018)
Book: Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide - Brad Feld
Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup communi... (2023)
Development as Freedom - by Amartya Sen
Development as Freedom book. Read 238 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. By the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, a... (2020)
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty - by Daron Acemoğlu
The Narrow Corridor book. Read 107 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 'A must-read. Acemoglu and Robinson are intellectual hea... (2020)
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle by Dan Senor
START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies,... (2020)
Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World by Robert D. Kaplan
Earning the Rockies book. Read 238 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. An incisive portrait of the American landscape that show... (2020)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Hillbilly Elegy book. Read 25,407 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powe... (2020)
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu
"The best explanation of the “institutional” school of economics. Why “inclusive institutions” promote growth and extractive ones don’t." - The Eco... (2018)
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
"An alternative to the Acemoglu/Robinson thesis. Economic history owes a lot to geographic endowment; for example, Africa lacked large mammals that... (2018)
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
"An alternative to the Acemoglu/Robinson thesis. Economic history owes a lot to geographic endowment; for example, Africa lacked large mammals that... (2018)
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World from Prehistory to Today by William J. Bernstein
" If the Baldwin book doesn’t convince you of the importance of trade, this account of its historical role should. It is no coincidence that the gr... (2018)
The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization by Richard Baldwin
"An essential book for understanding how modern trade works via global supply chains. An antidote to the protectionist nonsense being peddled by so... (2018)
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
"This is the story of the Great Depression as told through the lives of the central bankers who tried and failed to deal with the crisis. As one, M... (2018)
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu
"The best explanation of the “institutional” school of economics. Why “inclusive institutions” promote growth and extractive ones don’t." - The Eco... (2018)
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
When asked simple questions about global trends—what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing... (2018)
Ecosystem Development - service from TechStars
Our Programs Have Helped 1,000+ Cities Grow. Learn how our ecosystem development can help your city plan and launch. (2023)
VFA - Venture For America - Two Year Startup Fellowship
Venture For America is a fellowship program for recent college graduates who want to become startup leaders and entrepreneurs. (2020)
Localizing the SDGs
This initiative is evolving, and actors like you are sharing these resources. You will find here the documents and tools collected so far. (2018)