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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
The African Union and the Libyan Crisis: Putting the Records Straight
African issues have long suffered from either a lack of exposure in the mainstream media, marginalization and misrepresentation or from outright silencing.
The case of the African Union’s intervention in Libya is a classic example of how African efforts go unreported or are twisted to suit a hostile agenda. The Commission has been baffled by erroneous reports that the AU’s actions in Libya were motivated by a desire to protect Colonel Muammar Qaddafi’s regime and that, following his downfall, the Union was delaying recognition of the new Libyan authorities in order to force the inclusion of the Libyan former leader’s supporters into the new Government.
There is nothing further from the truth than these assertions. They run contrary to the decisions taken by the relevant AU organs on the Libyan matter, as they do to the followup actions that have been taken by the Commission. It is against this background that I have, on behalf of the Commission, decided to address publicly the key issue of the AU’s intervention in Libya.
Letter From The Chairperson, The African Union and the Libyan Crisis: Putting the Records Straight (pdf, 658.71 kB)
Portuguese version: Carta do Presidente (pdf, 705.39 kB)
Arabic version: Letter From the Chairperson on the Libyan Crisis (701 kB)
