Africa

ECDPM's Weekly Compass newsletter features ARI's most recent Briefing Note "Bank to the Future: New Era at the AfDB", written by Paul Adams.

Can cash transfer programmes be as successful in Africa as they were in Latin America for tackling poverty and reducing inequality? Nick Branson and Jamie Hitchen identify some potential benefits and shortcomings.

Under the astute presidency of Donald Kaberuka, the AfDB has demonstrated resilience and leadership. This Briefing Note examines the Bank’s achievements and considers the challenges confronting Kaberuka’s successor.

L’impôt sur les terrains et sur les bâtiments pourra appuyer le développement économique et politique sur le plan local en Afrique.

This New Telegraph article features ARI's most recent Policy Voice , "Modern African Remedies: herbal medicine and community development in Nigeria".

“Traditional” medicine must be modern, professional and based in science if it is to contribute to improving health systems and outcomes in Africa.

Jamie Hitchen spent a fortnight in Nigeria in December 2014 working on a new publication about traditional medicine. Here he gives readers a glimpse into what an ARI research trip entails.

As schools closed because of Ebola get set to re-open in Sierra Leone, Jamie Hitchen looks at one group that won’t be returning to the classroom – pregnant teenagers – and the possible long-term implications.

Ruben Andersson’s debut book challenges conventional thinking about the “illegal (migration) industry” and in doing so delivers a timely politically powerful argument, says Jamie Hitchen.

On a visit to Lagos prior to Nigeria’s election, Paul Adams uses the slogan of President Goodluck Jonathan – “Nigeria is working” – to ask “for whom?”