The ‘New’ Neoliberal Uganda
Challenging the success narrative that masks the disruptive social impact of neoliberal transformation under General Yoweri Museveni in Uganda.
Challenging the success narrative that masks the disruptive social impact of neoliberal transformation under General Yoweri Museveni in Uganda.
In recent years, Rwanda and Ethiopia have been some of the largest recipients of aid money from the UK and US governments, as well as some of the West's leading philanthropies, including the Gates Foundation.
Scandals like the one at More Than Me—the US charity that failed to protect school girls in its care from rape by staff—are common in even the most elite aid organizations.
The consequences for land grabbing on the African continent could be devastating for the development goals of nations in the long term.
Why agricultural change is political change. Take the case of farmers in Burkina Faso.
Policymakers need to properly assess the risks to ordinary Congolese people from expanding the “conflict minerals” category.
Nkrumah's government was driven by large scale state development projects. They have a mixed legacy. Can Ghanaians “redeem” the fruits of his development visions?
Despite what Dangote wants us to believes about the magical power of entrepreneurship, his business savvy alone is not why he made it.
Every country in Africa is today less equal than it was in 2010; for the African masses the trickle-down benefits of economic growth have been relatively small.
For Nigeria, the World Bank reported that as of 2015, 48% of the total population (estimated at more than 180 million) reside in urban centers.
It is worth revisiting economic historian Morten Jerven's book "Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong" (2015), a refreshing contribution to the debate about development scholarship on Africa.
Across Africa, the working poor often end up carrying the burden of raising tax revenue while the multinationals go scot-free. And women bear the brunt of it.
The now-public critique of development only benefiting the well-connected in Lesotho needs to be taken seriously.
When you have as much money as the Gates Foundation, you can buy your way into some pretty powerful places.
There's little doubt that Chinese and Arab interests are procuring land in Africa, but a careful review of the evidence suggests also point to local buyers.
The Mathare Social Justice Center's activists work to shake off the menacing insults of forced evictions, tenure insecurity, police violence and increasing precarity.
That's not a compliment. It is about how development institutions are financing land grabs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Germany’s military shift represents the country’s belated entry into a “colonial present.“