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Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah is a co-founder of the SecDev Group and the Igarapé Institute. He is also a faculty or fellow at Princeton University, Singularity University, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the World Economic Forum. He is a co-author of the book “Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years,” published by Penguin/Random House.

Latest Articles

Migration and displacement
Migration and displacement
Opinion: How Latin America-Caribbean region is tackling climate mobility
21 Mar 2024
Growing awareness of the risks associated with climate mobility across Latin America and the Caribbean is leading to adaptation and resilience measures across the region.
China Aid
China Aid
Opinion: As Chinese aid slows down, the whole world will feel the pinch
20 Apr 2023
The world has much at stake in China’s future: When the country’s growth rate rises by 1 percentage point, growth in all other countries increases by 0.3 percentage points. Diminished lending and aid from China will have a severe impact on vulnerable countries and beyond.
Climate Change
Climate Change
Opinion: How climate financing for the developing world will help all
15 Oct 2021
Wealthier countries and companies that are driving climate change share an obligation to support and invest in solutions for those most adversely affected.
World Bank
World Bank
Opinion: World Bank needs to make fragility a central priority in the COVID-19 era
30 Apr 2020
As the coronavirus threatens to trigger social unrest, the World Bank has the expertise and reach to help bend the future away from conflict and toward greater peace and prosperity. This op-ed discusses how the institution must update its vision.
Global health
Global health
Opinion: Pandemics are the world's silent killers. We need new ways to contain them.
8 Mar 2019
Complacency is not an option in the race against five factors speeding up the risk of pandemics.
Human rights
Human rights
Opinion: Tempering the human cost of building Brazil's dams
29 Jun 2017
In Brazil, the development of the country's dams are spurring an internal displacement crisis. Robert Muggah, Maiara Folly and Maria Beatriz Bonna Nogueira at the Igarapé Institute chart a path forward.
Smart cities
Smart cities
Opinion: The smartest cities are resilient ones
13 Mar 2017
A city must strengthen itself overall in order to effectively address its most serious problems, or implement innovative solutions. In this guest column, Michael Berkowitz of 100 Resilient Cities and Igarape Institute’s Robert Muggah discuss that by looking beyond the “shiny solutions offered by technology,” a truly resilient urban metropolises can emerge.
#NewUrbanAgenda
#NewUrbanAgenda
How cities are rewiring international affairs
3 Aug 2016
If the 20th century belonged to nation states, then the 21st will be owned by cities. When city authorities tap into the ingenuity and know-how of citizens, remarkable ecosystems of innovation emerge. The Igarapé Institute's Robert Muggah, and Eugene Zapata-Garesché from the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program, explain more in this guest column.
Smart cities
Smart cities
Development specialists must get to grips with fragile cities
6 Jan 2016
Cities are increasingly central arbitrators of politics, economics and sustainable development, writes Robert Muggah, director of research at the Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Foundation, in this guest commentary.
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