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Kenyans do feel demoralized. They are paying a very high price for being good hosts. But, they have also recovered; they have dealt with a lot of these types of incidents, but this also brings them together.
September 24, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, The Takeaway
Massacre in Nairobi: Kenya Under Siege as al-Shabab Consolidates

September 23, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
The Bad Economics of Free Primary Education

September 7, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Is South Sudan on the Verge of Collapse?

August 20, 2013, Josephine Kibe and Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Creating Global Reach: Brookings’s Partnerships with Think Tanks in Africa

August 14, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
AGOA: Building on Today and Looking Forward Beyond 2015 – A Conversation with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman

August 5, 2013
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South Africa has been good to [Zimbabwean President Robert] Mugabe because he was good to them in the darkest years of that country’s long freedom movement. I don’t think they would ever call for diaspora voting rights because they know it would work against Mugabe and he would see it as direct opposition.
July 31, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Christian Science Monitor
The Next 50 Years of the African Union

July 30, 2013
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The African Growth and Opportunity Act: An Empirical Analysis of the Possibilities Post-2015

July 2013, Simon Mevel, Zenia Lewis, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Stephen Karingi and Anne W. Kamau
Bangla-Pesa: Slum Currency and Implications for the Poor in Developing Countries

July 17, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and David Muthaka
Quality of Kenya's Education and Health Services Incompatible With Vision 2030

July 15, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Ritva Reinikka
Obama’s Africa Trip: Symbolism and Substance

July 8, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
For a president who has been really absent in Africa, this was a good thing. It was a good start. It was a good signal.
July 2, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, PBS Newshour
Guilt Trip: Why President Obama's Tour of Africa is Already a Disappointment

June 25, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
On the policy side, Africans have been largely disappointed, especially when they look at the focus on Africa by the previous presidents. Africans have a feeling that President Obama is still not in tune with the emerging continent.
June 25, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Wall Street Journal
Africans still consider Clinton their president. If you go to Africa and mention Clinton, he is a hero, even today. I don’t think President Obama is going to approach the level of President Clinton at all, in terms of respect, in terms of what they feel.
June 25, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Washington Post
Africans have been wondering what happened to their son...They have seen the Chinese leaders on their continent so frequently now, that they know more about Beijing than Washington.
June 21, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, AFP
A Conversation on President Obama’s Trip to Africa

June 20, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Witney Schneidman and Haroon Bhorat
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Engaging Kenya’s New Leadership: Opportunities and Challenges for the U.S. Government

May 23, 2013
The African Union at 50: The Path Forward

May 17, 2013
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Mukhisa Kituyi to Head the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

May 16, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Mapping the African Growth Landscape

May 15, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
The U.S., China and Africa: Pursuing Trilateral Dialogue and Action

May 13, 2013
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World Economic Forum on Africa: Delivering Africa’s Promise

May 6, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Youth Policy and the Future of African Development

April 15, 2013, Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong and Mwangi S. Kimenyi