Interim findings: Civil society engagement with land rights advocacy in Kenya

Shining a light on African economies: the annual CSAE conference

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INCLUDE Secretariat | 17-04-2019 | News item

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The annual conference at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University is a great opportunity to update yourself on what is happening in development economics research on, and from, Africa. The 2019 conference featured numerous interesting studies, of which many link up with INCLUDE’s knowledge agenda and focus areas for the coming […]

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Single-issue funding and sustainable development CSOs in Ethiopia

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Dina Townsend, Nicky Broeckhoven | 09-04-2019 | Opinion

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Researchers from Tilburg University and Mekelle University are currently collaborating on a project that aims to investigate the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in securing sustainable development in Ethiopia. In our first blog post, we looked at restricted civic space and the impact thereof on local CSOs. In this blog post, we discuss some […]

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Demographics and the future of Africa

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Jakkie Cilliers | 02-04-2019 | Opinion

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Demographics are immensely important to economics. In fact, the relationship between the working-age population and dependents is so important that it explains between a third and half of economic growth. It is particularly important in low and lower-middle income countries where labour contributes the most to improvements in productivity. And the higher the worker-to-dependent ratio, […]

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