ECOWAS

Every year, West Africa sends more than $3.5 billion abroad to buy rice — a staple food that millions of people across the region consume every day. Yet, this is …

In an era where decisionmakers in the public and private sectors need faster, more granular and high-frequency information to navigate complex development challenges, traditional data sources are struggling to keep pace. Censuses happen once a decade. Household …

In February 2026, I joined global leaders and practitioners at the World Bank to reflect on a question that is both timely and central to Sierra Leone’s reform agenda: How …