SMEs and GVCs in the G20: Implications for Africa and developing countries
Increasing the participation of developing countries in global value chains (GVCs) is now an accepted G20 priority that features prominently on the Chinese government’s agenda for the 2016 summit.
A Stitch in Time: Preventive Diplomacy and the Lake Malawi Dispute
A low-intensity dispute between Malawi and Tanzania threatens regional peace as the two countries contest the demarcation of their national boundaries at Lake Malawi. This long-standing dispute became more urgent when in 2011 the Malawian government issued licences for oil prospecting beneath the lake’s northern shoreline.
Modi’s African safari
Nearly nine months ago the third India-Africa Forum Summit, and the first that included all African states, was held with much fanfare in Delhi.
Young Leaders Conference Delaration 2016
Negotiated and Agreed Upon at the 4th South African Institute of International Affairs Young Leaders Conference Johannesburg, South Africa.
A new narrative for African agriculture
The drought that has hammered Southern Africa over the past years is a potent reminder (if ever it was needed) of the foundational importance of agriculture to the continent’s fortunes. Agriculture remains a mainstay of Africa’s economy, accounting for around a third of GDP and two thirds of employment.
Uncharted territory as the UK opts to exit the European Union
What many political and financial analysts viewed until a day before the British referendum on a European exit as scaremongering has come to be.
Would a Brexit matter for South Africa?
Who would have thought that the Brexit debate’s rising emotions would have reached their apogee in a horrific killing in the streets of a West Yorkshire town a week before the referendum that will determine the economic and global trajectory of Britain?
What Ails The Young? Insights into Africa’s Youth from the African Peer Review Mechanism
Africa is a young continent, with a median age of some 19.3 years and 75% of its population aged 35 or younger. As the continent has long recognised – and as the so-called Arab Spring has confirmed – this large youth population presents many complex and important strategic challenges that must be met.
The New Development Bank: Moving the BRICS from an Acronym to an Institution
The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is set to issue its first loans in the second quarter of 2016. The bank, the latest addition to the global development finance landscape, was initiated due to a number of factors in emerging economies.
The State of Governance in Africa: What Indices Tell Us
Governance is notoriously difficult to measure – yet numerous global indices attempt to do so.