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Development Partnerships or Transactional Politics? An Insight into the Continent’s Struggle for Economic Transformation

By Alex de Waal
May 12, 2021

Book Review: Know the Beginning Well

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“Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est la Même Chose”: Review of K.Y. Amoako’s Know the Beginning Well

By Shantayanan Devarajan
May 11, 2021

Book Review Debate: Know the Beginning Well

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Putting Economic Policies into Practice: the K.Y. Guide

By Nick Westcott
May 10, 2021

Book Review Debate: Know the Beginning Well

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Culture, Covid and Social Cohesion in Rural Southern Africa

By Leslie Bank
March 16, 2021

Social rules in rural South Africa ahead of the Third Wave

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Age of Agitation: African Politics and the Question of Youth

By Alcinda Honwana Dan Hodgkinson Luke Melchiorre
March 10, 2021

Age of Agitation Series: Introductory Blog: Youth Question

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From Desperation to Dignity: Making Sense of “Hustling” in Neoliberal Nairobi

By Julie Zollmann
January 27, 2021

A review of IAI Africa journal latest "Hustle" issue

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The ‘Real Politics’ of Taxation in Post-Revolutionary Sudan

By Matthew Benson Raga Makawi
January 13, 2021

Real politics of taxation in Sudan

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What Compensation, to Whom, and Why?

By Toendepi Shonhe
December 22, 2020

Zimbabwe Now: Post-Coup, Mid-Covid series

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Do as I Do, Not as I Say: Unpacking the False Premises of the GERD Negotiations

By Harry Verhoeven
December 10, 2020

GERD Series - introductory blog

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Zimbabwe: Deepening Authoritarianism, Dissipating Alternatives

By Brian Raftopoulos
December 1, 2020

The Series: Zimbabwe Now: Post-Coup, Mid-Covid

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Development Partnerships or Transactional Politics? An Insight into the Continent’s Struggle for Economic Transformation

“Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est la Même Chose”: Review of K.Y. Amoako’s Know the Beginning Well

Putting Economic Policies into Practice: the K.Y. Guide

Culture, Covid and Social Cohesion in Rural Southern Africa

Age of Agitation: African Politics and the Question of Youth

From Desperation to Dignity: Making Sense of “Hustling” in Neoliberal Nairobi

The ‘Real Politics’ of Taxation in Post-Revolutionary Sudan

What Compensation, to Whom, and Why?

Do as I Do, Not as I Say: Unpacking the False Premises of the GERD Negotiations

Zimbabwe: Deepening Authoritarianism, Dissipating Alternatives

The (surprisingly political) cost of a goat in Burundi

An assessment of President Hichilema’s first year in Zambia

The solvable health issue that kills more than malaria, AIDS and TB

I cry, not for Nkurunziza, but for the lives he broke