Income per capita in Uganda has doubled in the last 20 years. This remarkable performance has been buoyed by significant aid flows and…
It has long been known that countries only converge conditionally i.e. poor countries catch up with richer ones only if they adopt policies…
One of the most highly touted developments of the last five years was the rise of the Massively Open Online Content (MOOCs).
This…
Despite billions of dollars in aid, South Sudan continues to suffer from a range of economic, humanitarian, and political challenges…
Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies…
Political Scientists have produced a substantial body of theory and evidence
that explains variation in the availability of local public…
The prevailing aid orthodoxy works well enough in stable environments, but is ill-equipped to navigate contexts of volatility and fragility…
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The currently intense debate about ‘land
grabs’ or ‘land investment’ in Africa has reinforced the significance
of relations around land…
Book abstract: How do individual Africans view competitive elections? How do they behave at election time? What are the implications of new…