Oil Production in Ghana: Implications for Economic Development (ARI)
This ARI looks at the revenue stream likely to accrue to Ghana from oil production which is to start in 2010 and the implications for the economy.
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood
Political Economy of African Mineral Revenue Deployment: Angola, Botswana, Nigeria and Zambia Compared
Recent research identifies weak institutions as a leading cause of the under-performance of developing economies. But in low-income economies institutions reflect political incentives rather than mould them, so this paper analyses how political incentives are shaped by commodity revenue.
Towards Mediterranean Migration Management 2008? Developing Discourse and Practices (ARI)
Ongoing EU negotiations with the African Union have identified a number of clear, achievable steps, which might bring more positive ideals of Mediterranean migration management a little closer.
African Remittances and Progress: Opportunities and Challenges (ARI)
Sixteen million international migrants originate from sub-Saharan Africa and remittance flows have grown in the last few years, but their impact on development remains unclear.
Spain, Lebanon and UNIFIL
This study assesses the causes and results of the war in the summer of 2006 and its implications for local, regional and global politics. It also focuses on Spain’s military involvement in Lebanon, especially on the relationship between the Spanish UNIFIL contingent and the local population in South Lebanon.
Failed States in Africa: The Zimbabwean Experience (ARI)
Zimbabwe is one of the failed States of Africa due to the violence and power monopoly wielded by the Mugabe regime.
Turkey’s Militant Secularist Establishment Seeks Ban on Ruling Neo-Islamist Party
The decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court to hear the case against the neo-Islamist –and pro-European– government presented by the militantly secularist establishment could jeopardise the country’s already complicated bid to join the European Union.
Controlling Migration in Greece: Policies, Problems and Opportunities (ARI)
The main irregular migration route from Asia to Europe passes through Turkey into Greece, which also receives irregular migrants from former Communist countries.
Pateras, cayucos and Cross-border Mafias in Africa: Profiting from the Atlantic Routes to the Canary Islands (ARI)
This ARI describes the criminal business of profiting from the Atlantic routes of illegal immigration to the Canary Islands.
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