Catégorie Africa

RTS – Entretien

Au World Economic Forum, les menaces protectionnistes du président américain inquiètent les partisans du libre-échange.

Ouest France – Ces dix grands chantiers vont transformer l’Afrique

[…] « le corridor Nord-Sud est un excellent exemple de la façon dont on peut rassembler les éléments nécessaires pour qu’il y ait des échanges et créer les conditions nécessaires pour que le secteur privé diversifie ses exportations, constituées d’un petit nombre de matières premières, et y ajoute plus de valeur ». […]

Report on the Equitable Access Initiative

For two decades, the World Bank has classified countries as low-, middle- or high-income based on Gross National Income (GNI) per capita. As a standardised and simple proxy for factors such as wealth, the capacity of governments to provide services to their citizens, and national levels of development, GNI has been an influential yardstick to […]

Le Monde Afrique – Britain spied on companies, diplomats and politicians in French­-speaking Africa

Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization, was under the scrutiny of the British services ahead of a crucial G20 summit in London. If the bulk of the GCHQ’s intercepts targets English-speaking Africa, the British intelligence service also routinely checks the communications of French-speaking countries, their diplomats, civil servants and NGOs.

Mo Ibrahim Foundation – IIAG 2016

Downloads of the the Index Report, Data Portal and other documents relating to the 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance are available below. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) is committed to making data on the quality of governance in Africa freely available and accessible to all citizens of the continent and interested stakeholders. We welcome and […]

Brussels Forum 2016: Global Economic Shifts and Power Relationships

Over the past few decades, the international economy has undergone a major shift: the emerging economies’ share of global GDP has grown from 25 percent in 1980 to 40 percent today. This has started to have important political implications, including for the future of the international order. The developing world, and in particular China, is […]