Development economist Charles Abugre leads a team of peers whose goal is to drive unconventional approaches on economic policy and development in Africa.
He spoke to the Business Daily on the sidelines of the first Africa Network Conference for the International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) in Dakar, Senegal in November and discusses progress in pushing for unorthodox approaches to bettering the socio-economic outcomes for the continent, taking on mainstream ideas and his time in Kenya working for the United Nations.