Assessing Obstacles to Success in the Donor-Recipient Relationship
In development, stabilization, and peace building, donors increasingly recognize the importance of being sensitive to the local contexts of their efforts. Yet the use of "blueprints" remains widespread. Even when standard approaches are modified for particular aid partners, there often remains a poor fit between donor efforts and local conditions. ......
This study examines regional and international security dynamics related to Afghanistan and focuses on the role of foreign troops and the potential effects of a final withdrawal.
This study examines regional and international security dynamics related to Afghanistan and focuses on the role of foreign troops and the potential effects of a final withdrawal.
This timely study surveys the conflict in Afghanistan from Pakistan's point of view and analyzes the roots of Pakistan's ambiguous policy-supporting the United States on one hand and showing empathy for the Afghan Taliban on the other. The author, a former foreign secretary of Pakistan, considers a broad range of events and interweaves his own ......
A more peaceful and prosperous Africa is in everyone's interest. As one banker recently said, it is no longer a matter of ""Why Africa?"" but ""How Africa?"" Using economic policy analysis, this book examines the vision for achieving this idea of ""How Africa?"" through the cooperative actions of the African Union, Africa's private sector, civil ......
This book contributes to the debate concerning the future of the political economy of African development by addressing the important question of how African countries can strategically approach global political economy at multilateral, continental, and regional levels in view of North-South versus South-South configurations.
Africans to Spanish America expands the diaspora framework to include Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and Cuba, exploring the connections and disjunctures between colonial Latin America and the African diaspora in the Spanish empires. Analysis of the regions of Mexico and the Andes opens up new questions of community formation that incorporated Spanish ......
Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six African Economies
Examines the economic growth experiences of six fast-growing and/or economically dominant African countries. Expert African researchers offer unique perspectives into the challenges and issues in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa.
Are There Rational Pathways to a Sustainable Global Energy System?
The 1998 Aspen Institute Energy Policy Forum considered ways of achieving long-term sustainability, as well as the desirability and feasibility of complying with the Kyoto Agreement.
