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Invisible Infrastructure: Why the Next Wave of Urban Climate Finance Must Be Digital
From Nairobi to Nagpur, the world is waking up to the staggering cost of climate-resilient urbanization: $256–821 billion per year through 2050.
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Abhas K. Jha
Summer 2025 Book Recommendations
These are books I read recently and not necessarily published in 2025.
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Abhas K. Jha
Understanding the Nuclear Renaissance
🚦 The World Bank’s new energy policy includes nuclear energy.
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Abhas K. Jha

May 2025

March 2025

🧠 How to Use AI Effectively: A Practical Guide for Thinkers, Writers, and Policymakers
Most people treat AI like Google. The best treat it like a research assistant, strategist, and second brain.
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Abhas K. Jha
The AI Action Plan: What Big Tech Wants—and What Everyone Else Is Afraid Of
Why the future of American AI isn’t just about regulation vs.
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Abhas K. Jha
The State Goes Digital: How Governments Are Upgrading for the 21st Century
OECD Digital Govt Toolkit; Singapore’s Digital Govt Blueprint; The Rise of Digital Twins; Using AI in Local Government: 10 Use Cases; What If Everything…
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Abhas K. Jha
Agentic AI: How AI Learned to Think for Itself
A set of readings, videos and podcasts to understand the hottest trend in AI
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Abhas K. Jha
COBOL and Cobwebs: Why Yesterday's Tech Still Runs Today's Governments
Executive Summary
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Abhas K. Jha
Our AGI Future: Black Mirror or Jevon's Paradox?
Terminator or just your fridge automatically ordering yoghurt? Satya Nadella, Denis Hassabis, Tyler Cowen etc. weigh in.
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Abhas K. Jha

February 2025

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