Do Chinese Infrastructure Loans Promote Entrepreneurship in African Countries?
Chinese loans to Africa have been on an upward trajectory for more than a decade. Figure 1 chronicles this growing dependence in the average African loan recipient, where the value of total loans from China rose sharply from about US$ two million in 2000 to a peak of about US$ 552 million in 2016.
Development Finance and Distributive Politics: Comparing Chinese and World Bank Finance in sub-Saharan Africa
When large windfall gains like foreign finance become available to weak states, which parts of the country will receive the newly available resources?
Green Recovery and Green Jobs in Africa: The Case of Ghana
The Ghanaian economy experienced a positive growth trajectory over the past decade; however, the economic structure has not changed as the country continues to depend on natural resource extraction (gold and oil).
Sustainable Resource Mobilisation to Strengthen Global Healthcare Interventions
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) ordinarily experience protracted epidemiological transitions – the dual burden of infection and chronic noncommunicable disease (NCD).
Comparative Study of Policy Responses to COVID-19 in LICs in Africa
This brief assesses the policy responses to COVID-19 among low-income countries (LICs) in Africa.
The Macroeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Africa
This briefing tracks some of the major macroeconomic impacts that COVID-19 has had on African economies and how the pandemic has exacerbated historical structural economic deficiencies across the continent.
Green Finance Mechanisms in Developing Countries: Emerging Practice
To counter the devastating impact of COVID-19, calls are growing for countries to ‘build back better’ in an effort to create a more inclusive and sustainable economy that is climate resilient.
Drivers of Disparity: How Policy Responses to COVID-19 Can Increase Inequalities
Countries across the world have deployed macroeconomic policies to address the negative economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures.
US and Chinese COVID-19 health outreach to Africa and Latin America: A comparison
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has arguably been worsened by the lack of a coordinated global response, driven in part by the tensions between the US and China.
What now that President Tshisekedi has taken control?
Tshisekedi has liberated himself from his rivals, but it remains to be seen if this will be a victory for the country or just his political camp.