Randomized controlled trials: Opportunities and limitations for evidence-based policymaking in Africa
The past twelve months have been discouraging for international efforts to tackle poverty, and Africa is no exception. The African Development Bank...
The Role of Education in Women’s Political Participation in Kenya
Governments, researchers and stakeholders have often recognized education as the single most potent instrument for the emancipation of marginalised groups and for...
How climate change causes insecurity among vulnerable groups in Africa
“I was hopeful that my 30-year-old daughter would build me a decent house since this one can collapse anytime, but the finality...
Taking lives: Living in Kleptoland?
The struggle of a mother living in a Luandan slum is one that requires all her might, each day, just to keep...
Reconciling democracy and development: Reflections from a life of research
Oda van Cranenburgh recently retired from Leiden University after a career of researching the politics of what are often called "developing countries",...
Democracy Off the Rails: Infrastructure and Perceptions of Democracy in Zambia
Globally, people hold different understandings of what democracy is. In the current moment of global democratic precarity, the way mass publics understand...
Britain’s new relationship with Africa?
On 2 November, the Royal African Society marked its 120th Anniversary with a celebration of Creative Africa at The Shard in London. It...
The needs of Nigerian adolescents and youth
This year has brought in its wake another election cycle in Nigeria, amidst a landscape of economic, political and environmental crises that...
The History of African Development, an open-source textbook!
Education is an engine of economic development and of political participation in Africa and elsewhere. It fosters innovation and an informed citizenry...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?