🌍 Nearshoring strategies promise rapid industrial growth to connector economies like Morocco, but expose them to US-China tariff crossfire and EU export controls. Our research with @iisd.org 👉 www.iisd.org/system/files... [pdf] @poorvak.bsky.social
Poorva Karkare
@poorvak.bsky.social
Development economist; interested in political economy of economic transformation; Africa focus; Indian at heart Studied at SOAS; former ODI fellow; currently policy officer at ECDPM Usual disclaimers..
🎬 As African governments impose export bans on critical minerals to capture more local value, @poorvak.bsky.social warns National Security News that such bans do not automatically work as planned. Watch the full interview 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0X...
I moderated a very constructive discussion y’day on EU-India clean-tech co-organised by @ecdpm.org and Embassy of India. Beyond celebrating the FTA - a beacon of hope in current truly precarious times - we discussed nitty-gritty aspects: technical, regulatory, institutional, financial.
#Climate - The #EU and #China in #Africa: Is it better to compete or work together? By @marielladc.bsky.social, @poorvak.bsky.social & Pauline Veron | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
The EU and China in Africa: is it better to compete or work together? - PubAffairs Bruxelles
In 2024-2025, ECDPM investigated the potential for EU-China cooperation on Africa’s green transition. We concluded that the best course of action for Europe is to strategically assess where, when and ...
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#CRM - The #EU’s critical raw materials maze: why methodology won’t save the Green Deal, by @poorvak.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
The EU’s critical raw materials maze: why methodology won’t save the Green Deal - PubAffairs Bruxelles
In the context of the EU seeking more strategic autonomy for its green and digital transition, Poorva Karkare explores the recently released special report on critical raw materials by the European Co...
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1/6 We read a LOT to get to this piece of work. The Lobito corridor is often referred to in terms of geostrategic competition with the US-EU on the one side and China on the other, where this rivalry neatly coincides with African economic development interests. Or does it?
ECDPM 🌍@ecdpm.org · last yr.📝 Connecting the DRC, Zambia and Angola, the Lobito Corridor is often seen through a West vs China lens, but what is the reality on the ground in terms of real investments, activity and African country interests? Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3 @poorvak.bsky.social
📝 Connecting the DRC, Zambia and Angola, the Lobito Corridor is often seen through a West vs China lens, but what is the reality on the ground in terms of real investments, activity and African country interests? Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3 @poorvak.bsky.social
🎧 I shared my thoughts with @delorseurope.bsky.social - how can the EU build stronger partnerships to meet its climate goals? spoti.fi/4iFkJFA 🎙️ By Cláudia Azevedo, Colette van der Ven and myself 📚 on CTIPs bit.ly/4j1VDR6 📚 on green iron and steel see @ecdpm.org paper bit.ly/3ZOuD0n
Rethinking EU partnerships – crafting an attractive offer to the Global South
Re-thinking Europe · Episode
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Here's my (longish) take on the situation in eastern DRC. Building on our previous work at @ecdpm.org on regional integration, I draw implications for regional peace and security solutions, and broader relations with the EU. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4b2dfJw
The M23 in eastern DRC: Whose peace is it anyway? – ECDPM
The conflict in eastern DRC has been on top of the agenda of last weeks AU summit. Poorva Karake looks at what the current state of affairs means for regional integration, African peace and security s...
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🎬 Webinar recording now online! The geography of green iron and steel: Opportunities for Europe and North Africa Watch in full 👉 bit.ly/4j7U4Sp @ieefainstitute.bsky.social @agoraind.bsky.social @e3g.bsky.social @amedinil.bsky.social
Join us for an interesting conversation around where and how to place and think about green iron and steel in broader EU-(North Africa) Africa relations. Jan 15, 2025 at 9:30am (CET)
ECDPM 🌍@ecdpm.org · 2y ago📅 Event next week! | Jan 15, 09:30 CET, Online We are organising a webinar on the geography of green iron and steel and the opportunities for Europe and North Africa. Register here 👉 bit.ly/4j7U4Sp
What could green industrialisation imply for the geography of current production in sectors like iron and steel? Could it usher opportunities for industrial partnerships between Europe and (North) Africa? Read our @ecdpm.org discussion paper with @amedinil.bsky.social on this topic for more!
ECDPM 🌍@ecdpm.org · 2y ago📝 Steel production accounts for 8% of global emissions, making green production a priority for Europe's climate neutrality ambitions. But with European steelmakers at a crossroads, imports from North Africa could be essential. Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/3ZOuD0n
🎬 As part of a new video series featuring ten ECDPM experts on our 2024 highlights, @amedinil.bsky.social gives a brief overview of all the ECDPM work on green industrialisation, and what awaits next year for green industrial partnerships. 👉 youtu.be/-MK0Jvvd5K4
Green industrialisation: Opportunities for developing countries
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Join us on 15 January 2025 for a discussion with Behnam Lot, Bellona Europe Soroush Basirat @ieefainstitute.bsky.social Zaffar Hussain @agoraind.bsky.social @agoraew.bsky.social, Richard Smith @e3g.bsky.social @poorvak.bsky.social @ecdpm.org 👉More info and registration link here: lnkd.in/eR_5TWHQ
The Guardian @wendyide.bsky.social is right in giving this extraordinary #documentary 5 stars. 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat' I was blown away. Exhilarating combi of geopolitics & music, centered around #Congo's independence in 1960. (1/5)🧵 www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat review – superb study of how jazz got caught between the cold war and the CIA
Johan Grimonprez’s fascinating documentary uses the assassination of DRC prime minister Patrice Lumumba to launch a dizzying look into the politics of jazz in the 1950s and 60s
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My essay on paradoxes of migration governance between the global north and south has just been published by the @carnegieendow.bsky.social. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Overcoming the North-South Divide in Global Migration Governance
Although migration policy trends in Global North and South countries diverge, the two hemispheres both stand to benefit from a more open labor market and more cohesive global migration governance.
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