Brookings Launches Africa Growth Initiative - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Washington, DC -- The Brookings Institution today announced the formation of a new research initiative on Africa’s development challenges that aims to draw more heavily on knowledge and analysis of African researchers. The Africa Growth Initiative, established in part with a $5.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will significantly expand Brookings’ expertise on development policy in and towards Africa, and begin to build stronger relationships between the Institution and the African policy and research community.

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