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Inequality and Inclusive Growth in Africa: A Conversation with South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

April 17, 2013

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Unemployment Insurance in South Africa: A Descriptive Overview of Claimants and Claims

April 2013, Haroon Bhorat, Sumayya Goga and David Tseng

Is Inclusive Growth in Africa Possible When Women are Missing at the “Table of Men”?

October 16, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Poverty in the Midst of Abundance: Governance Matters for Overcoming the Resource Curse

September 13, 2012, Daniel Kaufmann

Volunteering and Civic Service in Three African Regions

June 27, 2012, David L. Caprara, Jacob Mwathi Mati, Ebenezer Obadare and Helene Perold

Country Snapshot South Africa: Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequality

January 5, 2012

Community-Centered Development and Regional Integration Featured at Southern Africa Summit in Johannesburg

October 20, 2011, David L. Caprara

Overcoming Financial Barriers and Exclusion: African Women Saving Clubs

September 15, 2011, Anne W. Kamau and Brandon Routman

An Economic Perspective on the Refugee Crisis in Africa's Horn

September 12, 2011, Anne W. Kamau

Corruption, Impunity and Inequality: Emerging Discontent and Volatility in Africa

June 30, 2011

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On Africa’s New Dawn: From Premature Exuberance to Tempered Optimism

June 7, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

A Global Education Challenge: Harnessing Corporate Philanthropy to Educate the World's Poor

March 31, 2011, Justin W. van Fleet

Corporate Philanthropy and Social Responsibility: Enhancing Global Education

March 31, 2011, Justin W. van Fleet and Rebecca Winthrop

Conflicts and Prospects for Economic Growth

January 11, 2011

Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction: Africa in a Global Context

June 15, 2010

Scaling-Up Early Child Development in South Africa

April 2010, Linda Biersteker

Brookings Launches Africa Growth Initiative with Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

September 30, 2008

Rising Food Prices: a Global Crisis

April 23, 2008, Homi Kharas

Corporate Philanthropy 2.0

November 28, 2007, David L. Caprara and Robert L. Mallett

Too Poor for Peace?

Global Poverty, Conflict, and Security in the 21st Century

2007, Derek Chollet and Lael Brainard, eds.

Optimism and Poverty in Africa: Adaptation or a Means to Survival?

October 2006, Carol Graham

Enhancing Development through Better Use of Public Resources: How Independent Watchdog Groups Can Help

September 2006, Anthony J. Ody, Charles C. Griffin, David de Ferranti, Justin Jacinto and Nick Warren

Africa After the Music Stops

August 2, 2005, Susan E. Rice

The Other War

Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account

2003, Carol Graham, Gayle Smith, Lael Brainard, Nigel Purvis and Steven Radelet

American Racial and Ethnic Politics in the 21st Century: A cautious look ahead

Spring 1998, Jennifer L. Hochschild