Sub-Saharan Africa comprises 48 states at various stages of social, economic and political development. Despite the heterogeneity of these countries, the following general developments relating to statehood and governance in the past 15 years can at least be identified: Such pan-African...

Afrika südlich der Sahara umfasst 48 Staaten in unterschiedlichen Phasen der sozialen, ökonomischen und politischen Entwicklung. Trotz der Heterogenität dieser Länder kann man in den letzten 15 Jahren zumindest folgende allgemeine Entwicklungen im Bereich von Staatlichkeit und Governance...

The present collection of short papers is an experimental, explorative and introspective German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) project on international and transnational cooperation for development and sustainability. It is the product of internal brainstorming discussions at...