African Development: Making sense of the issues and actors

By Todd I. Moss. Reviewed by Peter Lewis. Africa presents some of the greatest challenges of…


The wave of terrorist attacks in Europe and America is creating hardship for African migrants

  Thousands of African migrants and refugees fleeing war, repression and poverty have long…


Regime Vulnerability and the Diversionary Threat of Force

  Jonathan M. Powell. Abstract. In this article, I move beyond prior efforts to explore the…


Isolating the effects of terrorism on economic development from other drivers of growth is just as elusive as the terrorists

Martin Maximino. The estimated number of deaths from terrorism worldwide rose from 3,329 in 2000 to…


Are anti-money laundering policies hurting poor countries?

Clay Lowery and Vijaya Ramachandran. Next week, the G-20 Leaders will meet in Antalya, Turkey, to…


Escape from the World Bank

Davesh Kapur. The elephants in the room at the annual International Monetary Fund/World Bank…


Monetary Policy And Financial Sector Reform In Africa

By Mahamudu Bawumia. Reviewed by Christian Kitenge Moembo Kingombe. A very lucid account and…


Treating HIV with One Pill per day has made economic stability in Africa thinkable

AIDS, the once deadly disease with devastating externalities which many in both the lay and medical…


Recounting Africa's Early Experience With The War On Terror

Special Report. African reactions to the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center…