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China's One Belt One Road contact points
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Current Affairs
The Debate on China’s Role in Africa; One Point of View
China’s “Marshall Plan” for Africa – Debt or New Deal?
Peter Kagwanja.
The recently concluded China-Africa Summit offers a new deal for Africa’s recovery...
The Debate on China’s Role in Africa; A Different Point of View
A Brief Response: Marshall Plan for Africa or “Debt Trap?”
Lawrence Freeman.
The world is witnessing an increase in attacks on Africa’s relationships with China in various articles, as well as low-level, unthoughtful, messages on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...
Peace and Security Summit
The summit on Peace and Security in Africa held on September 17, 2018 at the African Union Mission in Washington, DC brought together security experts, diplomats, NGOs, and development professionals to address the nexus of insecurity in the continent and economic underdevelopment...
Africans are about to learn the harsh realities of borrowing from China
John O. Ifediora.
Zambians woke up last week to the sight of Chinese nationals in Zambian police uniforms in their capital city of Lusaka...
Videos
Development and Security Matters
China’s One Belt One Road Globalization Agenda
Zheping Huang.
World leaders gathered in Beijing in May to hear China’s plan for global trade: the One Belt One Road initiative...
What Cultural traits engender economic development?
Francis X. Hezel, SJ.
How Flat is the World?
"The world is flat," Thomas Friedman has famously declared...
Development would continue to elude a country that fails to educate its citizenry.
John Ifediora.
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...
US Aid to Fragile States: Where Does the Money Go?
Drew D'Alelio.*
By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s poor will be concentrated in fragile states, a shift that has prompted the United States (and other donors) to rethink how to confront the particular challenges of these environments and support a path to greater country resilience...
Academic Papers
The Cost And Benefit of Globalization: Who Are The Beneficiaries?
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)...
Why Doesn’t Capitalism Flow to Poor Countries?
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...
Leadership Structure: The African Experience
There are indisputably significant divergences in the degree of development of countries across the world...
Sovereignty Matters: Africa, Donors And The Aid Relationship
William Brown.
This article critiques the predominant opinion that aid undermines the sovereignty of African states...
Book Reviews
Canadian Foreign Policy in Africa
Edward Ansah Akuffo.
After over fifty-years of Canadian engagement with Africa, no comprehensive literature exists on Canada's security policy in Africa and relations towards Africa's regional organizations...
Sustainable Development and Human Rights in Africa
Picard, Buss, Seybolt, and Lelei.
Many new development initiatives have been introduced in Africa over the past few decades...
The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa
Deborah Brautigam.
Highly topical.
Draws on completely new research in China and Africa to provide the first comprehensive account of Chinese engagement in Africa...
Africa Resest
Edited by Dr. Theodore Ahlers and Edited by Dr. Harinder S. Kohli.
This book assesses the challenges and provides concrete policy recommendations that can be taken by Africa's leaders and citizens in the key areas to reset their economic trajectory, achieve their desired convergence, and meet the aspirations of their people...
US-Africa Energy Summit 2017
Collaborative and Partnership Opportunities in the United States for Steady-State Supply of Electricity in Africa. - Madison, WI, USA September 18 - 19, 2017
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Nigeria Summit on National Security 2016
Confronting and containing threats from terrorism and sectarian insurgency.
Abuja, Nigeria, May 25 - 26, 2016
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Photos & Programs of Summit 2016 »
Abuja, Nigeria, May 25 - 26, 2016
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Photos & Programs of Summit 2016 »
President Trump Wants Peace for “Vicious and Violent” Africa
John Campbell.* With his highly critical comments about...
Poverty and development traps? Yes, but two African countries managed to escape both
Charles Kenny and Andrew Sumer. Remember the poverty...
US-Africa Relationship Under President Ramaphosa
Anthony Carroll. Last Friday’s State of the Nation...
Former U.S. Ambassadors to Africa Protest President Trump’s Remarks
Ambassador John Campbell. President Donald Trump’s...
The False Prospectus Of Globalization Sold To Developing Countries
Benjamin Friedman. The most pressing economic problem...