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The Political Economy of Development in AfricaThe Political Economy of Development in Africa
A joint statement from five research programmes, May 2012.
On behalf of:
Africa Power and Politics Programme
The Developmental Leadership Program
Elites, Production and Poverty: A Comparative Analysis
Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa
Tracking Development
Mapping Digital Media: South AfricaWritten by Guy Berger (reporter), Zikhona Masala (lead reporter), Open Society Information Program Team: Vera Franz, senior program manager; Darius Cuplinskas, 2 March 2012
The Global Information Technology Report 2012, Living in a Hyperconnected WorldThe Global Information Technology Report 2012 is a special project within the framework of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Global Competitiveness and Performance and the Industry Partnership Programme for Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries. It is the result of a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and INSEAD. ISBN-10: 92-95044-33-9, ISBN-13: 978-92-95044-33-3, 441 pages
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E-governance and Citizen Participation in West Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesThe Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Proceedings of the Fourth Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the UNECAProceedings of the Fourth Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the UNECA
Addressing Côte d’Ivoire’s Deeper CrisisWritten by Thierno Mouctar Bah , the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, March 2012.
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Women and Security Governance in AfricaEdited by Funmi Olonisakin and Awino Okech, Pambazuka Press, 2011, ISBN-13: 9781906387891, 172pgs.
Demystifying AidWritten by Yash Tandon, published by Pambazuka Press, November 2011, ISBN-13: 9780857490902, 40pgs
The Politics of Resources Extraction: Indigenous Peoples, Multinational Corporations, and the StateTerence Gomez and Suzana Sawyer, Palgrave, 978-0-230-34772-4, 336 pgs
Africa in 50 years’ time: The road towards inclusive growth
African Development Bank,
Tunis, Tunisia
September 2011
Given that Africa’s independence began about 50 years ago, for the next 50 years this document assesses the economic and human development prospects in Africa. It identifies the drivers of change and their likely consequences over the next half century, and proposes policy choices that will enable Africa to fulfil its potential in the years ahead.
Recent evidence shows that economic growth in Africa is generally strong, fueled in large measure by business enabling policy reforms, more favorable commodity prices and a marked improvement in peace and security, notably in the west and south-central sub-regions. Robust growth in the first decade of this century helped to diminish the depth of poverty.
