John Ifediora. Time and again Nigerians are placed on notice that those who engage in corrupt practices, especially public officials found wanting in upholding the public trust that define their official capacity, would properly acquaint themselves with the services of a prison warden...

Editorial Commentary. The return of Ebola to the Congo is not only tragic but horrific; it now demands the full attention of the world...

John Ifediora ...Editorial Commentary. A long-standing economic theory commonly known as "Economic Convergence" postulates that as world economies develop they would inexorably attain the same level of development through trade based on comparative advantage, technology transfer through direct investment and job out-sourcing...

Editorial Commentary. As Nigerians sweat-out the dry season, and sleep less hours every night because the houses they call home are too hot, and electricity is acutely in short supply, one of their own, one Mr...

Anour Boukars. Persistent economic and social disparities between urban centers and outlying communities present an ongoing source of instability for countries in the Maghreb...

Richard J. Evans. There are more ways of destroying a democracy than sending troops into the streets, storming the radio stations, and arresting the politicians, as Adolf Hitler discovered after the failure of his beer-hall putsch in 1923...

Francis X. Hezel, SJ. How Flat is the World? "The world is flat," Thomas Friedman has famously declared...

John Ifediora. A common argument adduced in defense of Africa’s abysmal development pattern or lack of it is that African policy makers lack the will and dedication essential to crafting and assiduously implementing well-recognized socio-economic vectors that other countries in the West and East Asia have cleverly adopted to spur development...

There are indisputably significant divergences in the degree of development of countries across the world...

John Ikerd. Globalization has become a major public issue over the past decade.  Most of the recent controversy has centered on the World Trade Organization (WTO)...

William Brown. This article critiques the predominant opinion that aid undermines the sovereignty of African states...

Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch. Abstract. We find anecdotal evidence suggesting that governments in poor countries have a more left wing rhetoric than those in OECD countries...

Review by Ed Crooks. It is a year ago this week that BP capped its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, plugging the leak that had created the world’s largest ever accidental offshore oil spill, and already the disaster is passing into history...

Irene Yuan Sun. China is now the biggest foreign player in Africa. It's Africa's largest trade partner, the largest infrastructure financier, and the fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment...

Victor Kgomoeswana, well known as an African business expert with a profile on radio and television, shares 50 stories of innovation and opportunity behind the business headlines of the last ten years on the African continent...

By Almas Heshmati. This edited volume focuses on economic integration, currency union, and sustainable and inclusive growth in East Africa...