Zimbabwe’s new president has vowed to entrench constitutionalism and uphold the rule of law, but recent events suggest otherwise The attempt to reverse decades of Zimbabwe’s economic ruin after Robert Mugabe’s fall in...
International Monetary Fund
Africa’s developmental focus moves to the cities
Rapid urban growth in Africa means these city populations have become politically more important Why has it taken so long for the city to figure as a major factor in the developmental discourse around Africa? To answer...
Resource-rich countries should up their game
Resource-rich countries are losing billions in revenue through bad and inefficient tax regimes and underselling mining assets The Africa Progress Panel puts it well: if Africa is so resource-rich, why are its people...
Resource-rich countries should up their game
Resource-rich countries are losing billions in revenue through bad and inefficient tax regimes and underselling mining assets The Africa Progress Panel puts it well: if Africa is so resource-rich, why are its people...
Models of public-private partnerships: How (not) to do it
Good governance structures, not the natural-resource ownership model, are key to ensuring successful social and economic outcomes in several sub-Saharan countries Natural-resource governance refers to the management of...
Malawi eyes the informal sector as a source of income
The government plans to tax the informal economy to make up for funds lost through corruption For more than two decades, Lifa Andrew Phiri has known no other job than selling second-hand clothes imported from Europe...
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