Recognition for Carlos Lopes Work
Member of the International Commission of Experts on Financing for Development, Government of Spain & United Nations, Madrid & New York
Government of Spain & United Nations | Jul 2024
First Class Order of Zayed II, bestowed by the United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Abhu Dhabi Media Office | May 2024
Member of the G20 Task Force on a Global Mobilization Against Climate Change
Brazilian Government | Feb 2024
One of 100 most influential black personalities of the Lusophone World
Bantumen 100 Powerlist | Dec 2022
Confirmed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a member of the prestigious Committee for Development Policy for the period 2022 to 2024.
United Nations Economic and Social Council | Apr 2022
New Chair of the Board and Advisory Council of the African Climate Foundation
African Climate Foundation | Apr 2022
Appointed as > Foundational Fellow of the International Science Council
International Science Council | Mar 2022
Recognised by the African report as one of the 100 most influential Africans
The Africa Report | Oct 2019
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L’Γ©conomie du dΓ©veloppement Γ l’Γ¨re des bouleversements
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Development Economics for an Age of Upheaval
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Cartographie : corriger la carte de l’Afrique, un enjeu Γ©conomique et stratΓ©gique
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Cartographic Justice for Africa
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Africaβs Interdependence with the Gulf Under Pressure
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Gulf shock: How Iran war could reshape Africaβs economic outlook
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MΓ‘rio Pinto de Andrade exaltado no seu 98.ΒΊ aniversΓ‘rio
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Lecture by Professor Carlos Lopes
Development economics for an age of upheaval
Restauration des sols africains : les idΓ©es visionnaires dβAmΓlcar Cabral restent dβactualitΓ©
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"Professor Lopes said Africa needs to address poverty in ways that go beyond the common fixation on measuring income alone.
βContextual aspects such as how regulatory impositions and other international rules contribute to specific dimensions of distribution and extraction of
A remarkable map. πΊοΈ Apparently, the countries struggling to produce reliable data about themselves somehow generate enough reliable data for others to classify them as βnon-compliant.β π€ And, miraculously, the OECD world emerges as the rule-respecting norm. π The rest? Wild

Use of turn signals around the world
The largest debtors to the IMF. Tell me Argentina is technically justified...
It has a larger portion than the entire continent of Africa. π±
"The breakthrough came when Professor Carlos Lopes of the University of Cape Town joined the effort. βHe has been talking about the map of Africa for a long time and is quite passionate about it. He came on board and advised us extensively on what he thought we should be doing.β










































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