Intelligence Briefs
Africa's Financing Problem Is Becoming a Risk Problem
Africa’s finance gap is not only about scarce capital. NAFAD reframes it as a risk problem: can African institutions turn domestic savings into productive investment?
Intelligence Briefs
Structural Capital Constraints in the U.S. Specialty Crop Midstream
U.S. specialty crop losses are not mainly a consumer waste problem. They reflect a structural capital gap in the infrastructure between farm and market. The midstream is aging, underfinanced, while farm-level expansion continues without corresponding investment in storage and processing.
Intelligence Briefs
Africa's Blue Food Convergence: Policy, Capital, and Infrastructure
What looks like growing momentum around Africa’s blue food sector is better understood as a coordination problem coming into focus. Capital, policy intent, and physical infrastructure are beginning to move in the same direction but not yet at the same speed…
Intelligence Briefs
The Triple Gap in Agrifood Climate Finance
What looks like a shortage of climate finance for agrifood systems is better understood as a misalignment problem. Funding continues to flow toward plans and large projects, while the parts of food systems that build resilience: storage, logistics, and small enterprises, remain underfinanced...
Intelligence Briefs
Business Readiness Is Becoming a Jobs Risk, Not a Technical Reform Issue
The World Bank’s Business Ready 2025 points to a structural risk, not a ranking issue. Economies under the greatest demographic pressure to create jobs are the least prepared to absorb them, exposing an execution gap with implications for capital allocation, migration, and reform durability...