Africa Policy Monitor
Track weekly policy changes, separate signal from noise, and produce a short briefing with clear implications.
Free library
Prompt packs for building smarter policy research assistants.
Download ready-to-use prompts, source checklists, and workflow templates for turning a country, a region, or a policy theme into a sharper NotebookLM, GPT, or chat-based research system.
- Build a repeatable country brief assistant instead of starting from a blank prompt every time.
- Pair prompts with recommended sources so your model has better evidence, not just better wording.
- Use the newsletter to get future prompt drops, source kits, and policy briefings in one place.
Library
Start with a pack that matches the question you need to answer.
These first downloads turn the new page into a real resource repository instead of a dead-end promotional page.
Country Brief Builder
Create a research assistant that explains a country through institutions, macro context, elite incentives, and near-term risk signals.
Development Finance Source Kit
Use a curated source stack and question set to follow debt, donors, central banks, and financing choices without drowning in PDFs.
How to use them
Three steps to a better research workflow.
The packs are designed to move people from curiosity to a reusable research habit.
Choose the frame
Start with a country, a region, or a policy theme so the model has a clear job rather than a vague request to "explain everything."
Add the sources
Use the source checklists to upload better material into NotebookLM or to guide the browsing and citation strategy of your own custom assistant.
Ask sharper questions
Use the included prompt structures to surface incentives, tradeoffs, blind spots, and second-order effects instead of generic summaries.
Stay in the loop
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This page becomes much more powerful when prompt drops and briefing content reinforce each other. Subscribe once and it turns into a repeat-visit habit, not a one-off download page.