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The Economist: The World In 2011. Africa Focus.

Essential reading for any economist, is the seminal The Economist: The World In series. The 2011 edition has just been released, and just like Development Afrique  did last year covering the 2010 edition, so we shall look at what was … Continue reading

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Interest In African Farmland: World Bank Report.

Developmentafrique, in one of it’s first posts, looked at the emerging investment going into Africa, namely land investments for energy and food security. The global financial crisis allowed deals to go through under the radar, but now that the effects … Continue reading

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Water Scarcity In High Risk African Countries.

In a month where the World Water Week, and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit take place, the issue of water will be of crucial importance to African Development in the coming decades. Water is a basic human right, passed … Continue reading

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Foreign Investment in African Agriculture: New Land Grab or Opportunity?

As the global financial crisis begins to erode away traditional investment opportunities, one new and surprising investment vehicle has Africa as one of the main destinations for inflows of capital, for one of the most prized and sensitive assets, the … Continue reading

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