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The Economic Crisis and the Emerging Powers: Towards a New International Order?
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20/2/2012
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Robin Niblett
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The real challenges to the existing international order will come not from the established or emerging powers, but from global forces that are beyond their control and also from those non-state entities and groups which seek to undermine the process of globalisation that links all states and societies ever closer together.
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China in Africa: Seven Myths (ARI)
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ARI 23/20011 - 8/2/2011
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Deborah Brautigam
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Sensationalism and rumours cloud our ability to understand China’s
growing engagement in Africa, and to craft appropriate responses. This
paper dissects seven common myths on China in Africa.
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Links between Resource Extraction, Governance and Development: African Experience (ARI)
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ARI 171/2010 - 13/12/2010
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Richard Auty
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This ARI addresses the analytical and empirical links between resource
extraction, governance and development, with a focus on the
resource-curse thesis. The rent curse is rooted in policy failure, which
the theory of rent cycling attributes to the impact of rent on elite
incentives and also on development trajectory. The paper provides some
examples of conditions that have facilitated this process in the
context of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Policy Challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa of Large-Scale Chinese FDI (ARI)
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ARI 169/2010 - 30/11/2010
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Raphael Kaplinsky and Mike Morris
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The existence of large state-owned Chinese firms and private investors
engaged in investing primarily, but not exclusively, in resource and
infrastructure sectors in SSA (Sub-Saharan Africa) is a major
preoccupation in economic and political circles. In order to understand
it, Chinese investment has to be differentiated into four different
types, and its distinctive characteristic unpacked –ie, the bundling
together of aid, trade and FDI (foreign direct investment)–. This has
major policy implications for how SSA should relate to Chinese
investors in order to maximise available opportunities.
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Southern Sudan Before the ‘Referendum for Freedom’ (ARI)
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ARI 167/2010 - 24/11/2010
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Daniel Large
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Southern Sudan’s historic referendum on whether to stay in or secede from a united Sudan is rapidly approaching. The political tide is flowing toward an independent country but the politics of Sudan’s North-South political transition remain beset with challenges.
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China in Ghana: Easing the Shift from Aid Dependency to Oil Economy? (ARI)
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ARI 149/2010 - 15/10/2010
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Giles Mohan
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The author examines recent changes in the Ghanaian aid and investment
landscape as China has stepped up its relations with this donor
‘darling’. Recent oil discoveries further transform the financing
scenarios and more established donors are concerned about the riskiness
of this. These tensions reveal wider differences in approaches to
development and the desires of many African governments which could
herald big changes in the ethos and practice of development.
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Governance, Growth and Development (ARI)
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ARI 138/2010 - 17/9/2010
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Mushtaq H. Khan
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The promotion of ‘good governance’ has become one of the pillars of
development policies proposed by a large majority of development aid
agencies. It is based on the view that ‘good governance’ is a
pre-requisite for development. The author critically reviews the
relationship between governance, growth and development and draws
implications that are relevant for Sub-Saharan African countries.
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What Did Sudan Vote For? (ARI)
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ARI 128/2010 - 31/8/2010
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Justin Willis
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Sudan held national elections in April 2010 for the
first time in many years. The elections were part of the peace process
which began in 2005. This paper discusses the context of the elections
and the multiple problems which affected them, and at how the events of
the election will affect the final stages of the peace process.
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Africa, AFRICOM and the Path to Stability
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19/7/2010
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Vicki Huddleston
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Lecture by Ambassador Vicki Huddleston, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, at the Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) on 17 June 2010.
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China and Africa: A Mutually Opportunistic Partnership? (ARI)
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ARI 99/2010 - 17/6/2010
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Patricio González Richardson
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The relationship between China and Africa is positive for both sides
and the exchange of essential natural resources for infrastructure to
foster economic development is more likely to benefit than paternalistic
and failed aid strategies.
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India’s African Engagement (ARI)
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ARI 10/2010 - 19/1/2010
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Peter Kragelund
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The April 2008 India-Africa Forum Summit not only
marked the zenith of India-African cooperation following intensified
cultural, political and economic interactions between India and African
countries, but also the increased competition with China over access to
Africa’s resources and markets. The author reviews India’s development
cooperation with African economies.
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The Impact of the Global Recession on South Africa (ARI)
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ARI 115/2009 - 17/7/2009
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Hein Marais
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This paper examines the impact of the global economic recession on South
Africa’s economy and society, the ways in which the country’s
government has chosen to respond to that crisis, and its likely social and political fall-out.
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Angola’s Current Economic Prospects: Oil Curse or Blessing? (ARI)
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ARI 4/2009 - 9/1/2009
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Lucy Corkin
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The author reviews the economic boom that Angola is currently experiencing in a post-election context, despite the global economic downturn. While Angola’s impressive growth rates were initially a result of high oil prices, increasingly the economy is driven by the non-oil sector, primarily through construction and heavy public spending under the auspices of the national reconstruction programme.
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Somali Piracy: A Dangerous Internal and External Threat (ARI)
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ARI 162/2008 - 10/12/2008
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Laura Hammond
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The recent dramatic increase in the successes of Somali pirates has
resulted in international calls for tightened security in the Gulf of
Aden. However, the problem cannot be solved through securitised
measures alone and a greater emphasis must be placed on building a
legitimate government inside Somalia to effectively manage the problem.
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Elections, Mediation and Deadlock in Zimbabwe? (ARI)
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ARI 119/2008 - 8/10/2008
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Brian Raftopoulos
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The mixture of hope and despair that followed the March 2008 elections
in Zimbabwe and the ensuing violence gave way to the new possibilities
offered by the political agreement signed by Zanu PF, the MDC
(Tsvangirai) and the MDC (Mutambara) on 11 September 2008.
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Challenges of Peacekeeping in Africa
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15/6/2007
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Mosiuoa Lekota
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A keynote speech by Mosiuoa Lekota, Minister of Defence of South Africa, delivered at Elcano Royal Institute on 19 April 2007.
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