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Ghana’s 2008 elections have been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. This perception …
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The New Nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared …
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This article is based on field studies in rural West Africa. It concentrates on the socio-structural effects of …
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countries, notably in Africa. Much of the controversy was concerned with the question whether the informal sector promotes …
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In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development projects has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local...
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Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focussing on good governance, state-building and conflict prevention, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures. Both the portrayal of Guinea-Bissau as failed ‘narco...
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The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...
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Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … NGOs and civil society groups inside and outside Africa. …
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nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of the …, Sara, Daniel Hammett, and Paul Nugent (eds.) (2007), Making Nations, Creating Strangers. States and Citizenship in Africa … National Identity in Africa. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199286751, 448 pages …
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Growing criticism of inefficient development aid demanded new planning instruments of donors, including international NGOs (INGOs). A reorientation from isolated project-planning towards holistic country concepts and the increasing rationality of a result-orientated planning process were seen as...
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