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Blog Post
February 19, 2024
One of the few silver linings from Brexit for the UK has been the increase in non-EU migration. But this has led to renewed concerns about a “brain drain”, the notion that the exodus of skilled workers from poorer countries will leave them unable to meet their own development goals. Yet these concer...
Blog Post
June 07, 2023
Humanitarian crises are increasingly protracted and complex, lacking clear solutions and paths to reach the most-affected individuals and communities. Implementers need to constantly reflect on what is and what is not working within, and adapt accordingly. Our Re:Build project has been attempting t...
Blog Post
March 02, 2023
To kick off Season 2 of Lagos to Mombasa, Gyude reflects on the intricacies of climate change and development in Africa and explores how space-based technologies can help. Temidayo Oniosun of Space in Africa and Rose Croshier from CGD join Gyude to discuss the intersections of space technology with ...
Blog Post
September 06, 2022
Cameroon has long welcomed people fleeing crisis, and today hosts a diverse population of more than 460,000 refugees, asylum-seekers, and one million internally displaced persons (IDPs). Under the leadership of Paul Biya—the “second-longest-ruling head of state in the world who isn’t a monarch”—Came...
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August 04, 2022
A more useful starting point in answering questions such as this is to reframe space as infrastructure, akin to roads or power. Road systems and electricity grids, for example, don’t directly feed people, but they do contribute greatly to the ability to grow, move, store, and sell agricultural goods...
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July 15, 2022
The benefits of space technology are substantial, most simply demonstrated by how it contributes to every UN Sustainable Development Goal. Most countries’ economies and industries are already dependent on satellites to some degree, for position, navigation, and timing data (transportation, power gri...