Successful public sector reform is rare in Africa. Over twelve years, Ethiopia transformed its public financial management (PFM) to…
African countries are increasingly focusing on promoting regional economic integration as a way to stimulate economic growth and expand…
The current global economic crisis, rising food prices, and the threat of climate change have reinforced the urgency to find lasting…
The global economy and especially its poorest members, face a perfect storm. The crisis has been created by a Global LIE: leverage that is…
In just about three months, 196 active-duty and retired officers are scheduled to go on trial in Turkey, charged with plotting in 2003 to…
“Turkish democracy is at a turning point,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced after winning a crucial vote in a referendum to…
I no longer recognize Turkey, the country where I was raised and spend most of my time when I am not teaching in the U.S.
It wasn't so…
Firms in Africa report "regulatory and economic policy uncertainty" as a top constraint to their growth.
We argue that often firms in…
For the last three years Turkey has been gripped by an extraordinary series of legal proceedings revolving around an alleged conspiracy to…
This paper asks how strong African Public Financial Management (PFM) has become, after a decade and more of reform. How well do African PFM…