The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

 The World Bank Group published in April 2026 " Africa Economic Update: Making Industrial Policy Work in Africa ." The World Bank ...

 The Associated Press published on 9 December 2025 an article titled " Ethiopia Embraces Big Projects but Risks Another War by Seeking...

  The Washington Post published on 17 June 2025 a commentary titled " The Retreat from Aid Is a Costly Mistake " by Eduardo Porte...

 The World Bank published in March 2025 a major report titled " South Sudan Economic Monitor: A Pathway to Overcome the Crisis ." ...

  Ethiopia Insight published on 5 November 2024 a commentary titled " Now the Birr Floats, Will Ethiopia Sink or Swim? " by Mukta...

 The Institute of Development Studies Bulletin published on 28 October 2024 a study titled " Can Social Assistance Strengthen the Soci...

 The Review of African Political Economy posted on 24 July 2024 a commentary titled " Africa and China: Counter-Hegemonic Narratives -...

 Foreign Policy published on 12 June 2024 an analysis titled "What Africa Can Learn from China's Rise" by Howard W. French. ...

 Brookings published on 15 November 2022 a paper titled " Tackling Fragility and Promoting Integration in the Horn of Africa through ...

 South Africa's Institute for Security Studies/African Futures published on 20 October 2022 a study titled " The West and China in ...

 The African Development Bank published on 25 May 2022 its massive African Economic Outlook 2022 . This document contains a wealth of inform...

 The University of Witwatersrand published on 19 April 2022 a commentary titled " China's Successes in Anti-poverty and Development...

 The Voice of America published on 19 March 2022 an article titled " Ukraine War to Compound Hunger, Poverty in Africa, Experts Say ...

  The Africa Report published on 4 February 2022 a commentary titled " South Sudan's Oil Sector Needs to Become More Transparent ...

  Foreign Policy published on 13 October 2021 a commentary titled " Don't Remove Ethiopia's AGOA Trade Privileges " by Ma...

 The Royal United Services Institute published on 4 June 2021 a report titled " Spotlighting an African Rarity: A Poor but Democratic N...

 The Foreign Policy Association as part of Great Decisions has posted a 26 minute podcast dated 20 January 2021 titled " Competing Inte...

The World Economic Forum published on 12 May 2020 an analysis titled " How COVID-19 Will Change China and Africa's Economic Relatio...

The Center of Excellence International Consult in Addis Ababa published in March 2020 a report titled " The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic...

Ethiopia Insight posted on 4 May 2020 a story titled " Amid Lockdown Fears, COVID-19 Threatens Ethiopia's Urban Poor " by Yar...