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achieving security, yet the experience of changing policing systems in Africa is disappointing. Only South Africa and a few post …
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Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their …
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dynamic economy-wide models for Ethiopia and Uganda that capture both traditional aspects of the debate (growth linkages and …
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The global economic crisis beginning in 2008 has come at a very inopportune time for Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …
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Uganda's post-colony continues to be haunted by the colonial logic of ethnicity. This logic has mapped the country … implanted into the post-colonial political landscape. Many came to define Uganda's post-colonial politics as one of 'ethnic … presently pursued in Uganda. making three core arguments. First, common to colonial and post-colonial decentralization …
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This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms …' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the reforms have been limited to these kinds of gains - producing new … limitations and close the gaps between what Uganda's system looks like and how it functions. …
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We examine the long-term impact of forced labour on individual risk behaviour and economic decisions. For that, we focus on a policy of coercive cotton cultivation enforced in colonial Mozambique between 1926 and 1961. We combine archival sources about the boundaries of historical cotton...
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Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and … sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized. The paper shows that between 1975 … and 2005 the size, diversity and sophistication of industry in Africa have all declined. An industrialization strategy …
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Donor support for decentralization comes in two main categories: recommendations at the policy level and project activities at the programming level. At the policy level, donors promote decentralization by recommending greater autonomy for subnational actors. That is, they advocate for reforms...
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, especially in Africa, the role of foreign aid in the future should be distinctly different. While aid will be required to …
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