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african development – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:05:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg african development – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Cheetahs vs. Hippos for Africa’s future http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/cheetahs-vs-hippos-for-africas-future http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/cheetahs-vs-hippos-for-africas-future#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:12:04 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=4521 Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa -- and calls on the “Cheetah generation” to take back the continent.

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/cheetahs-vs-hippos-for-africas-future/feed 3 At last, African Culture in Mainstream Thinking http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-culture-in-mainstream-thinking http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-culture-in-mainstream-thinking#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:49:55 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10282 Opinion/Ghana/Africa   The “City Forum on Culture and Development,” a policy orientated venture held in Accra to openly strategize the African culture for African progress reveal the increasing attention being given to the African culture.. For almost 50 years, the African culture, either because of colonialism or bad intellectual savvy by African elites, has not …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-culture-in-mainstream-thinking/feed 2 Reaching Out to ‘Emerging Donors’ for Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/reaching-out-to-emerging-donors-for-africa Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:44:19 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10188 Analysis Dakar — Guyana, Thailand, Botswana, South Africa, Poland and Sudan share something in common: they all committed to the Horn of Africa drought appeal. Higher up the scale, with multi-million dollar pledges, were China (US$63 million); Saudi Arabia ($60 million); Brazil ($32 million); United Arab Emirates ($17 million) and Qatar ($5.6 million). Non-DAC donors …

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]]> The Rise of the ‘New’ Donors for Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-rise-of-the-new-donors-for-africa Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:41:37 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10185 Dakar — “It’s taken the world a while to notice they exist – and now we’re obsessed with them,” is how Karin Christiansen, head of Publish What You Fund, characterizes the west’s relationship with what people call “new”, “emerging” or “non-traditional” donors. Many are not new at all – India, Brazil and China have been …

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]]> Think Tank Report for 2010: Rankings of Global Marketplace of Ideas http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/think-tank-rankings-report-2010-marketplace-ideas Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:49:55 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7418 The 2010 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings marks the fourth edition of what has now become an annual report. The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the International Relations Program, University of Pennsylvania has created a process for ranking think tanks around the world. It is the first comprehensive ranking of the world’s …

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]]> GLOCALISATION: A Development Model for Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/glocalisation-globalization-model-for-africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/glocalisation-globalization-model-for-africa#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:34:03 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=5997 In the article, the author argues that Policy makers of developing nations must acknowledge that workable solutions to the challenges facing their regions must best be sourced 'locally' vis-à-vis globalizing the local, and localizing the global

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/glocalisation-globalization-model-for-africa/feed 3 Globalization And The Development of Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/globalization-new-world-order-development-africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/globalization-new-world-order-development-africa#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:03:39 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=5737 The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 6th Edition defines the word global as a phenomenon that includes many parts. Moving a step further from this definition, globalization could be described as a concept or phenomenon that includes all parts of the world and also operates around the world; hence the whole world is looked upon as …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/globalization-new-world-order-development-africa/feed 3 Open Access to Developed Markets Vital to African Development http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/open-access-market-not-aid-afric http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/open-access-market-not-aid-afric#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:15:57 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=3400 The African growth model based solely on foreign aid has so far not delivered the promises it was hoped to deliver. Actually, it has done more harm than good.

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]]> Africa Needs an Open Access to Western Markets, Not Aid http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-more-open-market-not-aid Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:04:45 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=5270 For decades African governments have largely depended on Western donors to fund everything from community latrines to public universities. Admittedly, some societies could not have survived to this day had it not been for foreign aid. The African growth model based solely on foreign aid has so far not delivered the promises it was hoped …

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