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African countries are facing great opportunities but also formidable challenges in accelerating economic growth and sustaining a high level of economic performance. The experiences of East Asian countries may offer valuable insights for African leaders and governments in making concerted efforts...
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Electoral coalitions are becoming increasingly popular among opposition parties in Africa because they offer many … in terms of their policy orientation. Based on a dataset spanning all opposition coalitions since 2000 in Africa …
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Myrdal did not cover China in his Asian Drama. If he did, he would have been most likely pessimistic about China, as he was about other Asian countries in his book. However, China has achieved miraculous growth since the transition from a planned economy to a market economy at the end of 1978....
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This paper examines China and Africa co-operation from the angle of structural transformation as a major driver of …, opportunities as well as development finances in Africa's transformation. We review critical parts of China's transformation to see … if these ideas are relevant for Africa. We use empirical evidence from China-Africa co-operation and find that China …
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How does aid impact democracy in sub-Saharan Africa? Drawing on existing literature, this study elaborates on the …
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strategies by political parties during recent presidential elections in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. Specifically, the paper … argues that the nature of party competition in Africa, combined with rapid urbanization and informalization of the labour … Africa intersect with voting behaviour and political party development. …
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The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in Africa. Today, as the region … generational identities within the region, very little is really known about the political participation of Africa's youth. In … order to address this issue, we combine country-level variables for 19 of Africa's most democratic countries with individual …
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