Macroeconomic Resilience of Tanzania and Kenya
Both Tanzania and Kenya’s tax systems are overly complicated. Policy options to build resilience require simplifying the tax system by considering the EAC tax harmonisation agreement.
AU Lays Foundations for Progressive Customs, Monetary and Fiscal Union
Since the implementation of the heavily indebted poor country programme, most African countries have re-accumulated even higher external and domestic debt burdens, albeit on a broader and deeper monetary and financial base.
Africa’s Potential Role in Mediating the Ukraine Conflict
The conflict in Ukraine, characterised by its complexity and seemingly intractable nature, underscores the importance of potential mediators in constructing avenues for dialogue.
Internet Shutdowns Threaten Democracy in World’s Biggest Voting Year
When governments shut down the internet during elections, they prevent citizens from fully exercising their rights to access information and hold authorities accountable.
Navigating South Africa’s Geopolitical Energy Transition by 2050
Geopolitical energy justice extends beyond national boundaries and encompasses international agreements and cooperation, to address energy-related challenges such as resource distribution and specific policies to redress energy disparities.
Building Macroeconomic Resilience Through Counter-Cyclical Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
The institutional capacity to effectuate countercyclical monetary and fiscal policy is influenced by the quality of governance, particularly regulatory quality, political stability, and voice and accountability, and of human capital formation.
Measuring Economic Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Change
Given the large gap between national determined contributions and the current climate finance available for their implementation, many developing countries are wholly underprepared to face the climate crisis without better allocation of climate funds.
Uganda: The Future of Work for Youth
In Uganda, young people with some level of education are more likely to be unemployed, since there is a bias towards wage-paying jobs in the formal sector.
Enhancing Macroeconomic Resilience: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria and Ghana
While Nigeria and Ghana have significant economic interlinkages and have therefore displayed some similarities, there are also evident divergences in their responses to economic shocks.
Assessing the Macroeconomic Resilience of Uganda and Rwanda
Most of the economic crises that Uganda and Rwanda experienced in the period 2000–2020 were caused by exogenous factors, such as the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.