Natural disasters, food price and other economic shocks, and conflict have resulted in recurring humanitarian emergencies in many of the world’s lowest income countries. In direct response, international development and relief agencies have recently become focused on the concept of resilience,...

During the 2017 Annual Meetings of the AfDB in Ahmedabad, India, a RWSSI program in Tanzania won the "2017 Africa Development Impact Award" in the category to “...

The recent “African Rising” narrative is detached from reality and lacks the perspective that growth should be underpinned by structural transformation. Ethiopia has sustained rapid economic growth since 2003, and has practiced industrial policies to achieve structural transformation. Embedded in...

Food Balance Sheets (FBS) can be defined as an aggregated and analytical data set that presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country’s food supply and utilisation during a specified reference period. The statistics on FBS are very important. In fact, they help to understand the...

The paper starts from the comparison between China and other developing economies and gives a rough overview of China’s financial mechanisms in industrial development from a systematic perspective. Since the beginning of reform and opening up of the financial system, China’s industrial development...

In the 1950s, the initial conditions of Korea were quite similar to those of several African countries today: several years of civil war, continual external imbalances with persistent trade deficits, reliance on foreign financial and food aid. Since the early 1960s, the country has successfully...

It is a daunting task to build institution and infrastructure over a short time period in developing countries. But in the absence of sound institutions and adequate infrastructure, it is difficult for economic transformation to take place. An alternative is to facilitate existing clusters or build...

GATHERED under the theme, “Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa,” the 2017 African Development Bank Annual Meetings in May brought together thousands of representatives from government, business, civil society, think tanks, academia and the media – from Africa and beyond – to...

Ghanaians pride themselves for being the first African country to reclaim its independence from colonialists. The pride and the boasting have reached new heights this year, as they celebrate the sixtieth year of their freedom. But behind the chanting, dancing, talking, and conferencing, the...