The US, the Mediterranean and Transatlantic Strategies (ARI)
Cooperation in the Mediterranean is likely to be a key test for the quality of US-EU partnership over the next few years.
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood
Taxation, Governance and Resource Mobilisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Key Issues
The purpose of this paper is to present some key theoretical and policy debates concerning the relationships between taxation, aid, governance and political organisation in the political economy of development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Impact of the Global Recession on South Africa (ARI)
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.
Turkey’s Rise as a Regional Power and its Role in the European Neighbourhood (ARI)
Turkey has a growing strategic role in its overlapping neighbourhood with the EU.
The Beginnings of Accountability?: South Africa’s Fourth Election and its Implications for Governance (ARI)
South Africa has just experienced its most competitive election yet. The governing African National Congress was forced to compete for votes for the first time and lost some ground as a result. This ARI examines the implications for government accountability, effective governance and competitive politics.
Algeria: The Subterranean Logics of a Non-election (ARI)
Algeria has just held what it calls a presidential election. It has done so at intervals since 1995 and these have regularly been a cause for dissatisfaction at home and abroad. But what exactly are these events that so consistently fail to measure up to widespread expectations? This ARI explains that they are not really elections at all and that the expectations entertained in respect of them are entirely misplaced.
The Gaza War: Antecedents and Consequences (ARI)
When Israel launched the Gaza war on 27 December 2008, it chose an opportune moment. Nonetheless, much like the Lebanon war of 2006, Israel’s strategic gains in ‘Operation Cast Lead’ have dissipated day by day.
Angola’s Current Economic Prospects: Oil Curse or Blessing? (ARI)
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.
Africa’s Bane: Tax Havens, Capital Flight and the Corruption Interface
This paper considers how tax havens facilitate capital flight and tax evasion, and how these linked activities undermine developmental processes. This is followed by an examination of the scale of capital flight and tax evasion in Africa, and the potential for the recently proposed offshore financial centre in Accra, Ghana, to exacerbate these problems in the West African region.
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