Johannesburg Water Crisis Reveals Shortfalls in Delivering on Socio-Economic Rights
Municipalities have been continuously constrained by inadequate human resources, lack of skills, scarce finances, years of neglect and corruption.
The WTO’s Trade Policy Review Mechanism: Lessons for the AfCFTA Review Process
The AfCFTA Agreement is expected to generate an additional $450 billion by 2035, representing an increase of nearly 7% of Africa’s current income.
SAJIA 31.3 Offers Insights Into African Climate Politics, Sovereignty Discussions Within ECOWAS and SADC, and Al-Shabaab’s Amniyat in Somalia
This issue also examines African digital diplomacy and the geography of cattle rustling in border regions of southwest Niger and northwest Nigeria.
African Climate Politics and Multilateralism: Domestic Factors and Cross-Country Variation in Climate Ambitions
This article explores what domestic factors contribute to the variation in climate policy ambition levels among sub–Saharan Africa countries.
Fighting Inequality: Progress Made Under G20 Brazil and the Priorities for South Africa
South Africa should use its G20 presidency to convene a community of experts on inequality research and policy to foreground the reduction of inequality.
Implementing the AfCFTA’s Digital Trade Protocol
The quantum of intra-African digital trade, in common with merchandise and services trade, is less than trade between Africa and the rest of the world. Reversing this pattern is one of the primary goals of the AfCFTA agreement.
SAIIA’s Most Read Research of 2024
SAIIA’s research covered a range of topics, including the future of circular economies, governance challenges in critical mineral supply chains, macroeconomic resilience, the just energy transition and more.
Reclaiming People’s Power Through Electoral Reforms
Reforms speak to the value people attach to the vote and experience of voting as the beginning of an ongoing opportunity for voters and communities to co-govern between elections.
The Future of Sovereign Debt Architecture: Priorities for the South African G20 Presidency
South Africa’s G20 presidency is an opportunity to set the debt agenda in 2025 as Africa’s financial challenges are compounded by global economic governance drawbacks.
The South African G20 Presidency and Implementation of SDR Rechannelling
Rechannelling special drawing rights through multilateral development banks could increase financing for Africa by about $46.2 billion a year over the next 10 years.