FDI in South Africa: Promotion and Protection of Investors… and the Public Interest
In 2012 Walmart announced the acquisition of a majority stake in South African retail chain Massmart.
Improving the Quality, Capacity and Compliance of Environmental Licensing Processes in Mozambique: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry
This paper analyses the current situation regarding the environmental licensing of the oil and gas industry in Mozambique.
The African Union: toward a leaner agenda
Prior to the 24th ordinary session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), foreign ministers of the AU member states met from 24 to 26 January 2014 for their ministerial retreat in Bahir Dar (a city in Amhara state) located on the southern shores of Lake Tana which is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile.
Funding African Governance Institutions and Processes: Insights and Lessons
This paper examines the financing of selected governance institutions in Africa, looking at national, continental and international levels and at the institutions and processes that assess, improve or incentivise governance. Specifically, anti-corruption commissions and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) structures are reviewed as institutions at the national and continental level respectively.
The Reflection of African Concerns in the G-20 Financial Regulation and Financial Development Agenda
This paper forms part of a project aimed at monitoring the responsiveness of the Group of Twenty (G-20) to African interests.
The African Peer Review Mechanism: Development Lessons from Africa’s Remarkable Governance Assessment System
This case study of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) seeks to examine the lessons it holds about South–South knowledge exchange, South–South co-operation (SSC), capacity development and development effectiveness. The report is based on desk research, personal interviews and an online survey.
Transport Infrastructure in Central and Northern Mozambique: The Impact of Foreign Investment on National Development and Regional Integration
Numerous major projects are underway or in the pipeline in the energy and mining sectors in central and northern Mozambique, but transport infrastructure is inadequate. As a result, foreign companies themselves have begun to upgrade public roads, railways and harbours.
The G20 and Africa: A Critical Assessment
Against the background of an increasingly complex structure of global economic governance, this briefing seeks to assess how well G-20 member countries have responded to the concerns of sub-Saharan Africa.
The Road Ahead for the African Governance Architecture: An Overview of Current Challenges and Possible Solutions
Following a range of previous commitments to improve the status of governance in Africa, in 2011 the African Union (AU) established the African Governance Architecture (AGA) as the flagship initiative of its ‘shared values’ agenda.
Resource Abundance in Mozambique: Avoiding Conflict, Ensuring Prosperity
From as early as the 1960s companies have been exploring the natural resource wealth of Mozambique. However, it is only in the past decade that the potential of these resources has been realised.