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Mariana Mazzucato
Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, is Chair of the World Health Organization’s Council on the Economics of Health for All and the author, most recently, of “Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism” (Allen Lane, 2021). Copyright: Project Syndicate
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Water crisis demands a paradigm shift
As African leaders gather in Cape Town for this week’s African Water Investment Summit, there can be no equivocation: the world faces an unprecedented water crisis that demands a paradigm shift in how we value and govern our most precious resource.
August 12, 2025