Maya Prabhu considers the adverse consequences for Tanzania’s parliament of the country’s heavy dependence on overseas aid as it enters an election year.
Jamie Hitchen questions whether Sierra Leone’s government has sufficiently bridged the gap between promises and reality in fighting the Ebola virus and asks what might be the long term consequences.
Ken Menkhaus argues that the most important benefit of understanding hybrid local governance is its potential to provide external actors with state-building models which are grounded in post-conflict realities.
"Grain Revolution" author Dr Chidara Muchineripi spoke to BBC Outlook about the history and successes of the Chinyika Communities Development Project in Zimbabwe.
Kieran Holmes, the former Commissioner General of Burundi’s revenue authority, argues that sustainable development cannot happen without effective domestic revenue mobilisation.
