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Backpacking is growing and West African countries such as Ghana need to actively attract them.
The deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines didn’t take into account how the Congolese people would benefit.
Little is known about how many people transition between the informal and formal sectors, a phenomenon called “churning”.
South Africa isn’t having an honest debate about proposals to fix its power utility Eskom, and the role that renewables might play.
The availability of data and evidence in the agricultural sector is critical for decision making
A national minimum wage could benefit young people who have jobs and stimulate those who have given up trying to find work. But those without work need additional help.
The green revolution: small-scale, informal irrigation is expanding in Zimbabwe and small scale farmers are leading the way.
Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines have been successful in several parts of the world. But in Tanzania it’s not that easy.
New analysis indicates that a strict beneficiation policy might not lead to optimal developmental outcomes.
Ethiopia’s teff plant is gluten-free and demand is growing. The country needs to upgrade its harvesting to reap the rewards.
Government support for the arts, culture and heritage is important even in tough economic conditions.
Nigeria, like many emerging countries, needs to educate its women at the same rate it does its men to enhance entrepreneurship.
Nigeria’s high unemployment rate has created a bloated and unproductive informal sector.
With the exception of Somali piracy, counter-measures have failed to stop transnational criminal networks from taking to the seas.
What a failed megacity project in Johannesburg says about similar ambitious ideas across the continent.
There’s a lot of evidence to suggest South Africa should grow its impact investment market.
Guaranteeing unemployed South Africans a job at the minimum wage would have a range of positive outcomes for the economy.
Evidence suggests that black South Africans can and do save money – just not for retirement.
South Africa’s latest budget was a necessary stop-gap after the ravages of the past decade. But it didn’t have ideas that addressed the needs of poor people.
Eskom, South Africa’s power utility will be unbundled and receive financial support from national treasury. These are the next steps.
The global cancer burden especially in developing countries is exacerbated by the high cost of treatment.
South Africa’s finance minister delivered a budget that tried to balance serving the public interest, while maintaining the stability of public finances.
The power dynamics in the World Bank have changed dramatically.
Little effort has been made to improve the quality control of the seed supply chain as a whole in Uganda.