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Samuel Okafor

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Samuel Okafor monitors development projects and cross-border cooperation in emerging economies. He provides insights into international aid effectiveness and regional growth.

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Development

Structural Dilemmas Facing Sustainable Development Goals: Reshaping Global Governance Under the Climate Crisis and Financing Shortage

In-depth analysis of the structural dilemmas faced by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the backdrop of climate change, the decline in official development assistance, and financing challenges. This paper explores the severe tests of restructuring the global governance system due to these unpredictable obstacles and examines the key pathways to achieving long-term sustainability.

Samuel Okafor2 min read
Development

New Paradigm for Global Development: From SDG Commitments to Financing Dilemmas—A Perspective on Long-Term Sustainability Challenges from a Developing Country View

Analyze the core obstacles in the implementation path of current global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on the climate finance gap, the declining trend in Official Development Assistance (ODA), and the profound impact of the restructuring of the global governance system on the sustainability of developing countries.

Samuel Okafor3 min read
Emerging Regions

The Southern Bifurcation of the Circular Economy: Scarcity, the Informal Sector, and Multiple Pathways of Sustainable Transition

Based on a systematic review of 183 peer-reviewed articles in Nature Sustainability, this study re-examines, from a global development perspective, the applicable boundaries of the concept of the circular economy, the dual role of the informal sector, the blind spots in identifying ESG and development finance, and the proposition of contextual adaptation at the level of global governance.

Samuel Okafor7 min read
ESG & Policy

Does More ESG Reporting Equal Better Environmental Performance? — New Challenges in Environmental Policy and Global Governance

The number of corporate ESG reports continues to grow, but evidence of genuine improvements in environmental performance remains insufficient. From a global development perspective, this article reveals the risks of report quality, fragmentation of standards, and “greenwashing,” and explores how environmental policy can shift from formal compliance to results-oriented transition governance.

Samuel Okafor6 min read
Development

From Aid to Co-governance: The "Constitutive Crisis" of Global Development Cooperation and Reconstruction Paths

Behind the wave of aid reductions in 2025 lies a structural failure of the international development cooperation system. Based on CIDOB's latest research, this article analyzes five driving dimensions of the aid crisis and proposes three future reform models, exploring the long-term path toward decolonization and multilateralism in global development cooperation.

Samuel Okafor5 min read
Reports

Digital Authority and Global Development: Five Paths to Building Organizational Credibility in the AI Era

From a global development perspective, this article explores the new definition of website authority in the era of AI search, and provides five practical paths for development organizations, NGOs, and the public sector to enhance digital credibility, with the aim of bridging the digital divide and strengthening the capacity to participate in global governance.

Samuel Okafor5 min read
Cooperation

From Cross-Border Cooperation to Cross-Bordering: Implications for Regional Governance and Sustainable Development at the Franco-Italian Alpine Border

How does cross-border cooperation reshape the governance structure and sustainable development paths of the Alpine region? A study focusing on the France-Italy border reveals the deep logic from project-driven to institutional evolution, offering a new perspective for global cross-border regional governance.

Samuel Okafor6 min read