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AfricaViewPoint
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The Regional Bureau for Africa, in taking the lead within UNDP to promote dialogue and policy debate and facilitate the exchange of experiences on African development issues, launched the AFRICAVIEWPOINT. This monthly policy brief serves to highlight current policy concerns in the Africa region.
The AFRICAVIEWPOINT draws on focus areas of the UNDP regional programme, which is currently aiming to respond to Africa’s development challenges from a regional perspective by focusing on four broad areas: The AFRICAVIEWPOINT serves as a platform to disseminate briefs written by the members of the RBA country economist network. But contributions from other development practitioners working on Africa region are also encouraged.
Lastest Edition
november 2009
Making Capacity Development Work in a Post-Conflict Context: Experience and Lessons Learnt in Liberia
by Cleophas Torori and Lisa Reinarz
2009 Editions
special issue: october 2009
Climate Change and Economic Development in Africa
by Leo Horn-Pathanothai and Pradeep Kurukulasuriya
Issue 12: september 2009
Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Africa
by Professor Ibi Ajayi, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Issue 11: august 2009
Africa and Aid for Trade: What are the Trends? What are the Issues?
by David Luke, Trade and Human Development Unit, UNDP Office in Geneva
Issue 10: july 2009
Moving beyond the neutral effects in HIPC Debt Relief to achieve real savings for post-conflict economic recovery: the experience of the Central African Republic
by Becaye DIARRA, Economics Advisor, UNDP Bangui, C.A.R
Issue 9: june 2009
Deriving maximum social benefits from debt relief: A case of Zambia
by Ndangwa Noyoo, Social Policy Unit of the National Department of Social Development, Tshwane, South Africa
Issue 8: May 2009
Africa must seek to turn the global economic crisis into a historic opportunity
by Eugene Owusu, Senior Advisor, Strategic Africa Partnerships, UNDP Brussels
Issue 7: April 2009
Response to the Global Crisis: a New Agenda for Agriculture for Sustainable Development in Africa
by Gyorgyi Gurban, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission
Issue 6: March 2009
Carbon Trading for Africa - the potential of Clean Development Mechanism initiatives for Burkina Faso
by Aki Kogachi, Environment Team, UNDP Burkina Faso
Issue 5: February 2009
The Global Economic and Financial Crisis and its implications for Africa
by Jimi Adesina, Rhodes University, South Africa
Issue 4: January 2009
The Politics of Hunger: The Case for Commercial Agriculture and a Biological Revolution in Africa
by Paul Collier, Oxford University, UK
2008 Editions
Special Issue: November/December 2008
The Global Economic and Financial Crisis and its implications for Africa
by Kwesi Botchwey, Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA
Issue 2: November 2008
Can carbon trading work for Africa?
by Abdoulie Sireh-Jallow, UNDP Zambia
Issue 1: October 2008
Can African Countries benefit from the new global trend of high food prices?
by Barbara Barungi, UNDP, RBA