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Category: East Africa
There are 6 entries in this category.
Mar 19, 2008
More News of an Africa on the Economic Upswing
The commodities boom and bust in the 1980’s left most developing nations worse off than they started. Particularly hard hit was sub-Saharan Africa.
Mar 05, 2008
Ethiopian Exchange Looks Promising
A group of donors, including the Ethiopian government, the World Bank and a few countries, such as the US, are funding the creation of a grain exchange in Addis Ababa
Feb 13, 2008
The Bottom Billion in the News
Recent news events from some of the world’s poorer regions are providing more real-life examples of Paul Collier’s main theories from The Bottom Billion. In his book, and illuminated in our recent interview, Collier argues that there are four under-researched “traps” that lock a handful of the world’s countries, with a total population of close to one billion, in a cycle of despair.
Apr 14, 2007
Little More Than Warnings for Darfur
The conflict in Darfur between Darfurian rebel groups and the government-backed janjaweed militia has been raging since early 2003. Since that time Western governments have been almost universally reluctant to create clear consequences for Khartoum.
Apr 02, 2007
One Thing Leads to Another, in AIDS Treatment Too
If there is a core truism to aid work it might be that all things are connected.
Sep 04, 2006
Without UN Peacekeepers, What Hope for Darfur?
In an escalation of its long-held position that UN peacekeepers will not be granted permission to enter the country, the Arab-led government of Sudan has insisted this week that the African Union force currently in Darfur leave unless it agrees to accept a proposal blocking UN access to the region.