Review: ‘Crude Continent – The Struggle for Africa’s Oil Prize’, Duncan Clarke
The Devils’ excrement, or black gold? There are no neutral views on oil. Its exploitation has been the source of fabulous wealth and untold misery.
It’s a question of sovereignty for the DRC
Human nature abhors a vacuum, to misquote Aristotle. This is apparent in the Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
SACU and Deeper Integration
To date the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) has entirely abolished tariffs and most quantitative trade restrictions pertaining to intra-SACU trade in its quest for deeper integration.
Africa: Winning the Fight Against Aids?
More countries have a firmer grasp of the extent of the epidemic – in 2004 only 102 countries maintained consistent records, whereas in 2008 45 more have better, more rigorous information about the epidemic.
Payment and Independence: Does a Client Relationship with Government Inhibit ‘Think-Tank’ Criticism?
Okechukwu Ibeanu, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Nigeria Nsukka explores how policy research institutions (or think-tanks) will be challenged to retain their objectivity on public policy issues regardless of their source of funds, in processes such as the APRM.
Paiement et indépendance : Estce qu’une relation de clientèle avec le gouvernement inhibe la critique des « groupes de réflexion »?
Cette étude du modèle nigérian réfléchit sur l’objectivité professionnelle des groupes de réflexion des secteurs privé et public.
The private sector, political elites and underdevelopment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Why are most Africans in Sub-Saharan Africa poor and why are they getting poorer while most people in the rest of the world are becoming better off?
China-Africa Trade and the Global Financial Crisis
The spectacular growth of emerging economies, especially China and India, had brought major hope among commentators/analysts that the developing world’s growth prospects would not be severely affected by the current financial crisis in the US and most of the developed world.
Emerging Powers and their Development Aid Policies
The intention of this closed brainstorming session was to explore the evolving development aid policies of the emerging powers while extracting lessons from the European development experience.
Emerging Powers and their Role in Global Economic Governance: Impetus for Reform
The phenomenal rise of China and India, but equally the growing assertion of other developing countries on the global stage such as Brazil and South Africa, has placed the debate about a reform agenda for global governance bodies squarely on the table.