{"id":23,"date":"2026-05-27T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanresilienceinstitute.org\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:34:54","slug":"ideas-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africanresilienceinstitute.org\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"IDEAS &amp; EVIDENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23\" class=\"elementor elementor-23\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21b3f941 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"21b3f941\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fcbdf98\" data-id=\"4fcbdf98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46e93b11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46e93b11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Ideas &amp; Evidence<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-693e0bcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"693e0bcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">ARI produces research designed to improve how Africa\u2019s transition and development challenges are understood, and how institutions respond to them. 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