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The Pivotal Importance of Good Access to Markets for Farmers

Isabelle Tsakok | September 17, 2018

Good access to lucrative markets is vital for farmers to be profitable and productive. This is evident in all agricultures that have successfully...

Artificial Intelligence and Political Science

Alfredo G. A. Valladão | September 13, 2018

In order to analyze – and act upon – this great civilizational revolution, we need new conceptual tools. The present political and social sciences...

The Role of Fundamentals in Global Imbalances

Uri Dadush | September 13, 2018

The concern over global imbalances has become an effort to systematically reduce current account deficits and surpluses, feeding the protectionist...

Securing the 21st Century : Mapping India-Africa Engagement

Edited by : Ihssane Guennoun , Ritika Passi , Rim Berahab | September 07, 2018

This year marks 10 years since the first India-Africa Forum Summit took place, and represents an important moment to take an in-depth look at the...

Slow Recovery to Nowhere? Labor Market Issues in Advanced Economies: Introduction

Nauro Campos, Karim El Aynaoui , Davide Furceri, Prakash Loungani | September 01, 2018

A decade ago, the world faced the prospect of the next Great Depression. The worst did not come to pass. In the 1930s, the unemployment went up to 25...

Fertilizer Use in Africa: A Price Issue

Mohammed Rachid Doukkali , Tharcisse Guèdègbé | August 29, 2018

African leaders have made many commitments to promote strong growth in the agricultural sector, with a focus on productivity, in particular by using...

Le recours aux engrais en Afrique : les prix en question

De nombreux engagements ont été pris par les dirigeants africains en vue d’induire une forte croissance agricole en mettant l’accent sur la...

Synthesis Report: 2nd Edition of the African Peace and Security Annual Conference (APSACO)

| August 26, 2018

After a successful first edition, the second edition of the African Peace and Security Annual Conference (APSACO) took place in Rabat on June 18-19,...

Rapport de synthèse de la 2ème édition de la Conférence Annuelle sur la Paix et la Sécurité en Afrique (APSACO)

Ce Rapport revient sur les moments forts qui ont marqué la 2ème édition de la conférence APSACO, l’autre événement phare du Policy Center for The New...

Angola: One year into the Lourenço presidency. What's next?

Mehdi Benomar | August 15, 2018

After João Lourenço was elected president of Angola in August 2017, succeeding José Eduardo Dos Santos, who had led Angola for thirty-eight years,...

Angola: Présidence Lourenço An I et après ?

Suite à l'élection en août 2017 de João Lourenço en tant que président à la place de José Eduardo Dos Santos, qui a dirigé l’Angola pendant...

China’s Economic Statecraft in Africa

Hisham Aidi | August 06, 2018

Africa is the top recipient of Chinese aid.  In the early 2000s, China became Africa’s largest trading partner and a leading investor and provider of...

Trends and cyclicality of commodity prices (part 2): questioning the commodity super-cycle

Yves Jégourel | August 01, 2018

As discussed in the Policy Brief n. 17/32, which largely focused on the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis, commodity prices are subject to very long-term...

Tendances et cyclicité du prix des matières premières (partie 2) : le super-cycle des matières premières en question

Comme le rappelle le Policy brief 17/32 consacré en large part à l’hypothèse dite de « Prebisch-Singer », la dynamique du prix des matières...

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