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CAADP at 10: Progress Toward Agricultural Prosperity

December 14, 2012

President Obama and Sub-Saharan Africa: What’s Missing

December 12, 2012, Richard Joseph

Exports and Export Diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa

December 2012, Vera Songwe and Deborah Winkler

The Future of the CEMAC CFA Franc

December 2012, Julius Agbor

Learning to Compete: Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa

December 2012, John Page and Måns Söderbom

Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Let the People Die but the Minerals Flow"

November 26, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Mr. President, Let Enhanced U.S.-African Relations Be Part of Your Legacy

November 7, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Donor Interference and Transparency Remain a Real Concern to African Countries

November 1, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Is Rwanda Exportable?

October 31, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

An Open Letter to Bob Schieffer, Moderator of the Presidential Debate on Foreign Policy

October 18, 2012, Witney Schneidman and Andrew Westbury

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

October 16, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

America Will Have to Craft New Terms of Engagement with African Countries

October 10, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

The Problem of Political Transitions in Africa: The Cameroon Question

October 9, 2012, Julius Agbor and John Mukum Mbaku

Why Designating Boko Haram as an FTO could be Counterproductive

September 28, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Zenia Lewis

Poverty, Inequality and Africa’s Education Crisis

September 26, 2012, Julius Agbor

The Human Development Cost of the King of Swaziland’s Lifestyle and his “Bevy” of Wives

September 21, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

The State of Learning in Africa

September 17, 2012

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The American Presidency and Democracy Promotion in Africa

August 23, 2012, Richard Joseph

Can Africa Industrialize?

August 16, 2012, John Page

Pan-African banking leads to greater economic activity by facilitating credit and investment. African economies are growing so strongly today compared to Europe and North America thanks to enhanced financial services.

August 16, 2012, Anne W. Kamau, TIME

A Conversation on Priorities for Secretary Clinton's Trip to Africa

August 2, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Haroon Bhorat

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Priority Issues During Secretary Clinton’s Trip to Africa

August 1, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Eric Aligula Magolo and Abdoulaye Diagne

Economic Statecraft: Increasing American Jobs through Greater U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment

July 25, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

What the U.S. Should Know About the South African Economy

July 25, 2012, Anne W. Kamau and Haroon Bhorat

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Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Africa Human Development Report 2012

July 20, 2012

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