Intellectual Property Rights in the EU-CARIFORUM EPA: Lessons for SADC
SAIIA will host a half day workshop on the treatment of intellectual property rights in the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on 20th March 2009.
Rising to the Protectionist Challenge
There is consensus on the causes of the global financial crisis: lax financial regulation in developed countries especially the US, combined with overly accommodative monetary policy fuelled by global macroeconomic imbalances.
Adopting the Rand would paint Zimbabwe into a corner in a bid to revive its economy
Should and can Zimbabwe adopt the Rand as its currency as a first step towards the recovery of its battered economy?
China in the African Solar Energy Sector
Access to reliable and affordable electricity is critical for poverty alleviation and the improvement of livelihoods, including in the areas of education, health, and industrial development in Africa.
Looking beyond the Doha Round
Reforming the WTO Negotiating Process
Chinese Migration in Africa
With all the scholarly and media interest in the China/Africa relationship of late, it is somewhat surprising that so little has been written about Chinese migrants in Africa.
China in Mozambique: A Cautious Approach
China’s engagement with Africa has taken a different form in its relations with Mozambique, which are characterised by caution and compromise.
Gaza: is there a Solution?
As soon as Barack Obama took over the Oval office as the 44th President of the United States and Hillary Clinton entered her Eighth Floor office at the State Department, it was clear that immediate action on the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli feud was one of the incoming administration’s most urgent challenges.
Chinese Provinces as Foreign Policy Actors in Africa
China’s engagement in Africa is becoming increasingly multilayered, as provinces are stepping up efforts to expand their presence in Africa.
A Stitch out of Time? Africa’s Solution to the Zimbabwean Crisis
Seeking ‘African solutions to African problems’ is frequently adopted as a mantra to conflict resolution by a curious partnership of African leaders eager to prove their capacity to meet their own challenges, and western powers who have historically been eager to help Africa along but increasingly prefer to let Africans clean up after their own mess or dig themselves in deeper.