Africa

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.

Geographical Magazine features ARI's "2015: Elections in Africa" interactive map and resource page in this article. Reporter Tom Hart spoke to ARI's Maya Prabhu about the resource and the upcoming polls on the continent.

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.

Kieran Holmes, the former Commissioner General of Burundi’s revenue authority, argues that sustainable development cannot happen without effective domestic revenue mobilisation.

Capturing an understanding of kanju (a specific creativity born from African difficulty) is the theme that runs through Olopade’s excellent take on Africa’s informal sector, says Jamie Hitchen.

Speaker: Dr Chidara Muchineripi

Speakers: Tom Goodfellow and Paula Meth (Sheffield Institute for International Development), Zainab Usman (Oxford University)

Speaker: Jonathan Ledgard (Director of Afrotech)

Speakers: Graham Ward CBE, (chief commissioner of ICAI), Marcus Cox and Alexandra Cran-McGreehin (ICAI)

In this insightful and detailed interview, Jules Dumas Nguebou discusses how participatory budgeting has developed in Cameroon to ensure that local resources are effectively mobilised to meet community needs.