This Briefing Note considers the variables in the country’s fifth multi-party elections, likely to be the most keenly contested to date.

Land is a “key fault line” in Kenya. Throughout East Africa land law reform has been pursued at the expense of substantive land reform. New laws have not been redistributive or transformative in a positive way.

Under the astute presidency of Donald Kaberuka, the AfDB has demonstrated resilience and leadership. This Briefing Note examines the Bank’s achievements and considers the challenges confronting Kaberuka’s successor.

L’impôt sur les terrains et sur les bâtiments pourra appuyer le développement économique et politique sur le plan local en Afrique.

This Briefing Note summarises the contested and controversial history of constitutional reform in Tanzania.

Although never popular, taxation is an essential component of consensual and representative government. Property tax has been posited as the ideal source of income for municipal governments.

While recent Eurobond issues are often depicted as evidence of Africa’s economic resurgence, they should also encourage close scrutiny of public financial management and debt sustainability.

Those wishing to support continued political development in Somali regions should pay greater heed to the historical and cultural context in which it is occurring.

The scale and impact of the First World War campaign in eastern Africa were gargantuan. The troops, carriers and millions of civilians caught up in the fighting should not be forgotten.

In conversation with ARI, the founder of the African Centre for Economic Transformation offers his candid and considered views on Africa’s growth prospects.