Rabah Arezki

Rabah Arezki is a professor and director of research at the French National Center for Scientific Research and senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also affiliated with the Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development. He previously held senior leadership positions at the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.

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Two gas pumps, with "No Gas" written on them, are seen at a gas station in 1974.
Two gas pumps, with "No Gas" written on them, are seen at a gas station in 1974.

This Isn’t a 1970s Oil Shock This article has an audio recording

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An artisanal gold miner, digs at the bottom of a narrow gold shaft in the Kamituga artisanal mine, in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sept. 20, 2024.
An artisanal gold miner, digs at the bottom of a narrow gold shaft in the Kamituga artisanal mine, in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sept. 20, 2024.

The New Gold Rush

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People walking past a banner of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers on Sept. 5.
People walking past a banner of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers on Sept. 5.

Algeria Needs an Economic Transformation

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Protesters clash with riot police at the Porte d'Aix in Marseille, France.
Protesters clash with riot police at the Porte d'Aix in Marseille, France.

How the Myth of Colorblindness Endangers France’s Future

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A cow grazes in front of the Mooifontein Colliery coal supplier in South Africa.
A cow grazes in front of the Mooifontein Colliery coal supplier in South Africa.

How to Slow Climate Change While Fighting Poverty

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A pupil stands at the entrance of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Aug. 29, 2018.
A pupil stands at the entrance of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Aug. 29, 2018.

To Fix Foreign Aid, Pay the Poor Directly

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