The Impact of COVID-19 on Climate Finance and Green Development
The COVID-19 pandemic and socio-economic crises that have followed it, have left many countries designing recovery packages to effectively respond to its impacts on markets,
human lives and livelihoods.
Building Anticipatory Governance in SADC: Post-COVID-19 Governance Outlook
The paper argues that existing governance systems in the region generally fall short of the adaptive capacity required to navigate complex and volatile problems such as the COVID-19 pandemic
Building Anticipatory Governance in SADC: Post-COVID-19 Conflict and Defence Outlook
Over the past four decades, SADC has been able to substantially advance the strategic
goal of regional cooperation, coordination and eventual integration on many levels and is
a prominent fixture on the Southern African landscape.
Anticipatory Governance in SADC: Reducing Disaster Risk After COVID-19
Humans exist in complex adaptive socio-ecologically linked systems that interact, learn, react, change and adapt.
International Development Lending and Global Value Chains in Africa
Participating in the process of global production fragmentation by connecting to global value chains (GVCs) provides a ‘golden’ opportunity for developing countries to access international markets and boost economies.
Nuclear Energy in Ghana
Ghana’s emerging nuclear power programme is the culmination of nearly 60 years of socioeconomic and political developments under successive governments since independence in 1957.
Independent candidates can reignite youth participation
The month of April marked 27 years since South Africa’s first democratic national elections on 27 April 1994. This was the genesis of the country’s multi-party, proportional representation electoral system that has been used ever since. However, this is set to change.
Optimising Agricultural Value Chains in Southern Africa After COVID-19
COVID-19 has affected global value chains (GVCs) by interrupting transport and logistics, supply and production dynamics, and demand and consumption patterns.
Chinese International Contractors in Africa: Structure and Agency
As the builders of many of Africa’s mega infrastructure projects, Chinese international construction and engineering contractors (ICECs) are a significant group of actors in Africa.
Do Chinese Infrastructure Loans Promote Entrepreneurship in African Countries?
This paper examines the impact of Chinese economic infrastructure loans on entrepreneurship for a sample of African country recipients.