Top Tweets for #polytunity
“Rather than treating new climate-related risks as hurdles to overcome, we should view them as opportunities for investment.” - written 10 years ago @LopesInsights but even more relevant today
#polytunity of late developers = they can start afresh w climate in mind
Worth rereading, almost a decade later. In 2017, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu and I argued that Africa’s energy challenge had to be understood as an opportunity for investment, innovation and structural transformation — with African business at its centre. Today, Dangote has become a powerful champion of producing and adding value in Africa, while Tony continues to make the case for African private capital, entrepreneurship and investment over dependency. 💥
What looked ambitious then is increasingly becoming the African economic agenda now👍. We need to move even faster.
https://t.co/2Nd8foTj83
Mainstream analysis talks about "polycrisis". Prof. @yuenyuenang reminds us disruption isn't only a source of instability. It can also open space for agency, adaptation & new voices to shape what comes next. #Polytunity #Agency #Multipolarity #Development #DevelopmentStudies 👇
I’ve been to many forums called “The Future of Development”
But we cannot shape the future of development unless we confront the past.
“The origins of development were structurally unequal… There are many truly altruistic people who want to make a positive difference, yet we often hear of development projects that leave local communities disenfranchised. That’s because these projects, by design, serve donor interests first.”
https://t.co/q5oBFXDvsR
My interview with ODI now available on YouTube
Turning #polycrisis into #polytunity
Polytunity isn’t “hope” or “optimism” in the midst of crises. It is realism: recognizing that real transformation often only happens when the status quo breaks down.
We can stay stuck mourning about the past, or we can ask:
•Why is the familiar order breaking down?
•What needs to change?
•Who should be included?
https://t.co/1T4zT0rm8u
#OPINION: What we are witnessing is not the end of progress but rather the end of the industrial-colonial paradigm and the beginning of another — if we have the conviction to develop it, writes Yuen Yuen Ang. #Polytunity https://t.co/R9kVnZhZBv
#OPINION: #Polytunity is a constructive agenda grounded in an empirical foundation. Applied correctly and seriously, it should change the way we study and tackle a range of challenges, not least development, writes Yuen Yuen Ang https://t.co/R9kVnZhZBv
My latest on The Global Polytunity 🌐 at Project Syndicate
Full text in comments below
#polytunity #polycrisis
https://t.co/VE9O8qymPQ
Even though the term #polycrisis is empty, its followers amplify it—and the echo reinforces paralysis. If leaders remain content with only naming fear, they will consign themselves to irrelevance.
I see things differently. #polytunity 🌱
🖇️https://t.co/cqDV0FLUre
Is #polycrisis scary? Paralyzing?
Only for those who are attached to the old order
But for others, disruption opens the way to an alternative paradigm. I call this moment #polytunity.
🔗https://t.co/tZBMrRD3k2
I’ve been off X but briefly back to share something 🤩
@Margaritacdf's powerful editorial responding to my @UNDP report on “From Polycrisis to #Polytunity”
She coined a Spanish word for it: #poliunidad
Her reflections on Latin America’s path forward resonate far beyond—across the Global Majority
Grateful and humbled
https://t.co/n44fTZyBMT
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