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Friday, November 20, 2009
 
 
RESEARCH   AREAS
 
Africa
 

AEI scholars are leading the discussion of challenges in Africa, including foreign aid, development issues, security partnerships that protect U.S. interests, foreign activity on the continent, health and poverty research, and pharmaceutical policies affecting public health. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on Africa.

 
AEI Scholars' Recent Work on Africa
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Scholars on Africa

  • Roger Bate
    Counterfeit pharmaceuticals; aid agencies and NGOs; health policy and endemic diseases
  • Mauro de Lorenzo
    Development aid; African politics and security issues; refugee and humanitarian policy
  • Paul Wolfowitz
    African development issues; public-private partnerships and entrepreneurship in Africa

 

 
 
 
 
Planting Seeds of Prosperity in Africa
 
For prosperity in Africa, what is needed is a holistic approach that focuses on the building blocks that empower Africans to help themselves.
 
What to Read on North Korean Politics
 
An annotated syllabus on North Korean politics, culture, and economy.
 
Obama Shouldn't Repeat Clinton's Somalia Mistakes
 
There are important differences between the current situation in Afghanistan and that in Somalia in 1993, but Somalia remains a cautionary tale.
 
Protectionism Won't Heal Africa's Sick
 
Unless philanthropists insist on market principles in Africa's drug market, and until they apply necessary due diligence when cutting checks, their aid stands to be hijacked by governmental opportunism, incompetence, and corruption.
 
 
Economic Analysis of Water Use in the Crocodile River Catchment
 
An econometric and institutional economic analysis of water use in the Crocodile River catchment, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.  
 
South Africa's Crisis of Constitutional Democracy Can the U.S. Constitution Help?
 
This book is designed to help bring about the desired transition to liberal democracy in South Africa, particularly as the deliberations about a permanent constitution get under way.  
 
Economic Policies for a New South Africa
 
Thisbook focuses on the redistributive and growth policies needed in a new South Africa.  
 
 
PAST EVENTS
 
 
Dambisa Moyo, Nicholas Eberstadt, Paul Wolfowitz, and Mauro De Lorenzo will discuss the importance of global financial institutions in Africa's future.
 
 
Participants will discuss the future of US foreign aid.
 
 
Panelists will discuss ways to solve the continuing conflict in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.