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  • Debating IdeasFinancializationKenyaPolitics and Political Economy

    The ‘Hustler’ Fund: Kenya’s Approach to National Transformation

    By Jacinta Victoria Syombua Muinde
    January 5, 2023
    Kenya's Hustler Economy
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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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  • ActivismAfrican VoicesAge of Agitation SeriesDebating IdeasDemocracy and ElectionsIdentitiesPolitics and Political Economysocial movementsSpecialised SeriesYouth

    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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  • Debating IdeasEconomies and SocietiesIAI Africa JournalKenyaPolitics and Political EconomyTexts and Contexts

    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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  • Books and ControversiesDebating IdeasDecolonisationEconomies and SocietiesPolitics and Political EconomySudan

    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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  • Debating IdeasEconomies and SocietiesPolitics and Political EconomySpecialised SeriesTexts and ContextsZimbabwe

    What Compensation, to Whom, and Why?

    By Toendepi Shonhe
    December 22, 2020
    Zimbabwe Now: Post-Coup, Mid-Covid series
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  • Africa's Foreign EngagementsDebating IdeasDecolonisationEgyptEnvironmentalismEthiopiaGERDPolitics and Political EconomySpecialised SeriesSudan

    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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