Research and Commentary

Around the Halls: African Elections

September 21, 2011, Julius Agbor, Melvin Ayogu, Anne W. Kamau, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Nelipher Moyo and Olumide Taiwo

Reforms to Improve Local Accountability in Nigeria

September 6, 2011, Nelipher Moyo and Olumide Taiwo

It’s Time for Long-Serving African Leaders to Consider Exit Strategies

September 1, 2011, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

The Late Zambian President Fredrick Chiluba: A Legacy of Failed Democratic Transition

June 24, 2011, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Nelipher Moyo

@ Brookings Podcast: African Elections and Democracy

June 3, 2011, Melvin Ayogu

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Elections and Violence in Nigeria: The Question of Citizenship in Sub-Saharan Africa

April 28, 2011, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku

Ivory Coast Deserves Deeper Democracy

March 28, 2011, Brandon Routman and Ezra Suruma

Uganda's Uncelebrated Elections Are another Landmark for Africa

March 21, 2011, Ezra Suruma

Resolving the Crisis in Ivory Coast: The Role of Regional Organizations

January 27, 2011, Brandon Routman and Olumide Taiwo

Oil Discoveries in Uganda: A Blessing or Curse?

May 18, 2010, Ezra Suruma

Challenges and Possibilities for Progress in Nigeria

May 17, 2010, Olumide Taiwo

Nigeria's Season of Uncertainty

May 2010, Alexandra Gillies and Richard Joseph

Can Nigeria Fail?

April 8, 2010, Ernest Aryeetey and Nelipher Moyo

Confronting the Greater Nigerian Challenge

January 7, 2010, Richard Joseph

Ghana: Obama Visits a Hopeful Nation on a Troubled Continent

July 8, 2009, Richard Joseph

Nigeria: Could Ekiti Voting Debacle Be Turning Point?

May 4, 2009, Richard Joseph

Smart Aid and Accelerated Growth: What an Obama Victory Can Mean for Africa

October 24, 2008, Richard Joseph

Poverty and Civil War: What Policymakers Need to Know

December 19, 2006, Corinne Graff, Janet Lewis and Susan E. Rice

Global Poverty, Weak States, and Insecurity

August 2006, Susan E. Rice

Africa's Strategic Importance to the U.S.

March 20, 2006, Susan E. Rice

America's Role in the Fight Against Global Poverty

July 2004, Lael Brainard and Vinca LaFleur

Making the Millennium Challenge Account Work for Africa

September 2003, Allison Driscoll and Lael Brainard