Africa’s Challenges in International Trade and Regional Integration: What Role for Europe?
The challenges that Africa faces in trade and regional integration are legion, and well documented. In this brief we attempt to summarise them against the backdrop of Africa’s broad development priorities.
Managing Resources and the Democratic Order: The Experience of Botswana
How has Botswana been able to succeed in promoting better governance, so far, where other resource-rich African states have failed?
La gestion des ressources et l’ordre démocratique : L’expérience du Botswana
Comment Botswana a été en mesure de réussir à promouvoir une meilleure gouvernance, dans la mesure où d’autres riches en ressources des Etats africains ont échoué?
The Economics of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries
Lessons from a Literature Review
South Africa and the London G-20 Leaders Summit: A Briefing
An updated version of this paper was prepared for the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation in February 2009.
Chinese Development Co-operation in Africa: The Case of Tembisa’s Friendship Town
Chinese development co-operation in Africa has invoked both admiration and criticism, much of it based on limited empirical or anecdotal evidence, contributing to conflicting perceptions as to its purpose, means and outcomes.
The New Illiberalism and Emerging Protectionism
The global economic crisis has bred a “new illiberalism”. Its features are Big Government and emerging protectionism.
South Africa’s (and the World’s) Second Dance of Freedom
Some reflections on the occasion of the SA Institute of International Affairs 75th Anniversary.
by Bobby Godsell, Cape Town, 12 May 2009
Attracting the Youth Vote
After their third landslide victory, the African National Congress now occupies 264 of the 400 seats in South Africa’s parliament.
Should Two Africas Share One Africa Day?
Africa Day: a moment for the continent to reflect on its past, and to dream of its future. But Africa Day is also a commemoration of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963.