China Returns to Africa: Anatomy of an Expansive Engagement
This paper presents a scoping analysis of the main contours of relations, offering an anatomy of key dimensions of an expansive Chinese engagement in the continent that remains dynamic.
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood
Plus ça Change, Plus c’est la Même Chose: The Political Economy of Rent-driven Development in Mauritania (ARI)
After four decades of rent-driven development that has systematically killed off competition in the main sectors of the economy, Mauritania remains inherently prone to authoritarian intervention when powerful interests are threatened.
Elections, Mediation and Deadlock in Zimbabwe? (ARI)
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.
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.
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.
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