What has prevented most African countries from performing as well as Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam in economic modernisation is connected with the continent’s ‘soft Westernisation’, focused m ...

As the world gathers for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Africa's unique challenges and opportunities take center stage in a pivotal side event that will serve to discuss two central issues ...

1. What is Development Policy Financing? World Bank assistance can be provided through development policy financing (DPF), which provides non-earmarked funds for development policy operations (DPO).

Agriculture is still largely manual in a several parts of the continent. Patrick Sheperd/CIFOR Africa’s agriculture sector accounts for about 35% of the continent’s gross domestic product, and ...