In his new book Ending Aid Dependence, Yash Tandon reviews the possibilities for change in the architecture of aid. The author explores the extent to which many developing countries reliant on aid wish to escape dependence, and yet are constrained from doing so. Proposing that moving away from dependence should be at the top of the political agenda of all developing countries, this timely book cautions countries of the global South from falling into the aid trap and endorsing the collective colonialism of the OECD.
Dorothy-Grace Guerrero and Firoze Manji (ed) (2008) China’s New Role in Africa and the South: A search for a new perspective. 
Development
RSS FeedEast Africa: Legislative assembly rejects EPAs
2008-10-10
Members of Parliament from the East African Community (EAC) and the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) overwhelmingly recommended to reject the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) framework initiated between EAC and the European Union (EU). T...
DRC: Rural poor to benefit from grant
2008-10-10
An $8.6 million grant to enhance agricultural production and provide food security for poor people in rural areas of the Republic of Congo was announced today by the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The initiativ...
AFrica: Bank plays blocking game in Accra aid negotiations
2008-10-10
The influence of the World Bank was felt in Accra when developing countries and donors met at a resplendent conference centre for the recent High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. The Bank, together with the OECD and the Ghanaian government, were the...
Southern Africa: Can South Africa afford to bail out Zimbabwe?
2008-10-10
As the current global financial turmoil deepens, Zimbabwe's chances of garnering a much-needed financial aid injection for its shattered economy hangs in the balance. With major world economic powers - the US and the EU - bogged down in a desperate e...
Africa: Africa is the dark continent on solar power
2008-10-10
From household solar panels to thermal generators big enough to power a town, sun power has enjoyed explosive growth around the world. Everywhere, that is, except on the sun-drenched continent of Africa. With an average daily dose of five to seven ki...
Africa: How the MDGs are unfair to Africa
2008-10-10
This paper by William Easterly argues that the MDGs are poorly and arbitrarily designed to measure progress against poverty and deprivation, and that their design makes Africa look worse than it really is. The paper does not argue that Africa’s perfo...
Africa: Communicating agricultural research in Africa
The New Role of Rural Radio (2008-10-10)
This paper addresses the role of rural radio in Africa and explores how researchers can improve communication with farmers via radio. It also discusses research relationships among civil society where media is an influential but often underestimated ...
Nigeria: Jobless eke living from garbage heaps
2008-10-03
As a rickety garbage truck rattled to a halt and discharged its contents, Francis Adigwe, an unemployed textile engineer turned scavenger, rushed over and emerged with his find of the day, a piece of metal he estimated will bring in more than $2. Adi...
Zambia Government strikes trade deal with EC
2008-10-03
Zambia has struck a trade deal with the European Commission (EC) that wall give the southern African nation full access to markets in the European Union (EU). The announcement was made by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson in a statement on Wednes...
South Africa: Biofuels: GM sorghum test approved
2008-10-03
As Africa grapples with the question of food insecurity, biotechnology buffs seem to have an answer: genetically modified crops that could feed a continent vulnerable to famine and food deficits. But environmentalists warn of new dangers. An appeal b...
Global: Breaking the cycle of urban poverty
2008-10-03
Millions of people around the world live in informal urban communities where a lack of resources leads to degradation of the environment. Deteriorating environmental conditions, in turn, create more poverty. When participants from IDRC's eight "Focus...
Africa: Agricultural research 'neglected ' by donor policies
2008-09-26
A lack of emphasis on agricultural research in development policy over the last quarter of a century is one of the main reasons for the deterioration of African farming, according to a UN report released this month (15 September). The UN Conference o...
Global: World failure on poverty 'unacceptable'
2008-09-26
Over a billion people will continue to face desperate poverty and starvation in 2015 as a result of governments’ failure to crack down on corporate abuses and eradicate global poverty. This warning came today from global justice charity War on Want a...
Africa: African securities markets feel the pinch of global linkages
2008-09-26
For the last two months, investors at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) have watched in horror as the market dropped to a three years low. The NSE 20 shares index, which is used to gauge the general performance of the market, dipped to a 4,000 low fr...
Africa: Leaders speak out on fuel, food crises
2008-09-26
The soaring cost of fuel and basic foods over the past year has left many countries in sub-Saharan Africa unable to adequately fund critical activities, such as health care and the provision of safe drinking water, their leaders told the General Asse...
Africa: Global trade regime "detrimental to developing nations" - Seychelles President
2008-09-26
The distorted world trade regime is an obstacle to development, the leader of the Seychelles told the General Assembly, calling for increased justice and fairness to recognize the specific needs of small island nations. “We should abandon ‘solutions’...
Africa: New aid for agriculture: How will it be realized?
2008-09-19
After years of ‘neglect’ in favour of health and education assistance in Africa, the food crisis has concentrated the donor community’s minds on the need for overseas development aid for African agriculture. This is welcome, but what sort of policies...
Africa: Why the richest continent is also the poorest
2008-09-19
The ecological impact of natural resource exploitation on the lives of the poor in Africa and other regions is not being addressed sufficiently in aid effectiveness and development discussions, aid experts say. ”Africa is known as one of the richest ...
Africa: Mbeki to lead high-level meeting on Africa's development
2008-09-19
President Thabo Mbeki is expected next week to lead a high-level meeting with African leaders to review the continent's developmental needs as well as the implementation of its development goals. Addressing reporters at the Union Buildings on Thursda...
Africa: Diaspora are key to Africa’s sustainable development
2008-09-19
No single person or institution has a monopoly of solutions to Africa’s development challenges. What is worse, ‘business as usual’ has not helped Africa in the last 40 years and is not going to help Africa in the foreseeable generation unless we chan...
Africa: Final document from Accra HLF3
2008-09-19
Ministers of developing and donor countries responsible for promoting development and Heads of multilateral and bilateral development institutions endorsed the following statement in Accra, Ghana, on 4 September 2008 to accelerate and deepen implemen...
West Africa: Cotton symbolises global trade system’s 'iniquity'
2008-09-18
The international cotton trade has been a sad tale for West African countries. The region produces five percent of the world’s cotton and 15 percent of the global cotton fibre trade. Yet West African cotton farmers are among the poorest in the world....
Africa: Biofuels: Africa becoming a biofuel battleground
2008-09-07
Western companies are pushing to acquire vast stretches of African land to meet the world's biofuel needs. Local farmers and governments are being showered with promises. But is this just another form of economic colonialism?...
Ghana: $22 million for poor farmers
2008-09-13
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced a $22 million loan to Ghana to boost the livelihoods of over 100,000 households in the West African nation. The funds from IFAD are part of a larger $103 million ...
Africa: EU to help Africa expand energy sector
2008-09-12
The EU is to help African countries expand their electricity networks and promote energy interconnections between Africa and the EU, such as a Trans-Saharan gas pipeline. The EU aid will amount to €1 billion for a period of two years, the European Co...
DRC: Government prepares to sell off mining assets
2008-09-13
The government of Democratic Republic of Congo is planning to privatise some of its most valuable mining assets, as well as take a larger share of any future discoveries made in the mineral-rich country.Victor Kasongo, Congo’s deputy minister of mine...
Southern Africa: Can the SADC FTA create growth?
2008-09-13
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) free trade area (FTA) was launched on 17 August 2008 under the theme “SADC FTA for Growth, Development and Wealth Creation”. Eleven of the fourteen countries that comprise the SADC region are set to p...
West Africa: WB pulls out of pipeline on poverty rule
2008-09-13
The World Bank said Tuesday it has withdrawn financing of a Chad-Cameroon pipeline because the Chadian government failed to honor an agreement to use some oil revenues for poverty reduction. The Chadian government "fully" prepaid the loan as of Sept....
Africa: Africa’s search for collective development strategies
2008-09-05
While aiming at its unity, Africa has attempted a number of initiatives to search for a collective development strategy. Such a search included the Lagos Plan of Action, the African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programmes, and the N...
Africa: Ecobank plans Africa’s biggest rights issue
2008-09-04
Ecobank, the African regional banking group, has announced plans for the continent's biggest rights issue outside South Africa as rising wealth in the world's poorest continent spurs demand for banking services. The bank is seeking to raise $2.5bn on...
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