Research and Commentary

Building Opportunities: Addressing Africa's Lack of Infrastructure

January 2013, John Mukum Mbaku

More than Just Sending Money Home: Engaging the Diaspora as a Priority for Africa's Development

January 2013, Anne W. Kamau and Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Narrowing Africa's Education Deficit

January 2013, Kevin Watkins

Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2013

January 2013

For Africa's Youth, Jobs are Job One

January 2013, John Page

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

December 12, 2012, Richard Joseph

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

December 2012, John Page and Måns Söderbom

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

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

Financing for a Fairer, More Prosperous Kenya: A Review of the Public Spending Challenges and Options for Selected Arid and Semi-Arid Counties

August 2012, Kevin Watkins and Woubedle Alemayehu

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

September 21, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Africa’s Education Crisis: In School But Not Learning

September 17, 2012, Justin W. van Fleet

Africa Learning Barometer

September 17, 2012, Justin W. van Fleet, Kevin Watkins and Lauren Greubel

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

September 13, 2012, Daniel Kaufmann

The American Presidency and Democracy Promotion in Africa

August 23, 2012, Richard Joseph

Can Africa Industrialize?

August 16, 2012, John Page

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

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

• Audio

Priority Issues During Secretary Clinton’s Trip to Africa

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

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

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

• Video

An Open Letter to Nelson Mandela: African Leaders Should Celebrate Your Birthday by Doing the Right Thing

July 18, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi