Africa at the Crossroads
September 7, 2023 | The recent coup in Niger has been seen in the West as a setback for democracy. The reality is more complex.
Articles by Martin S. Edwards
What’s Behind Spain’s About-Face on Western Sahara?
March 20, 2023 | Western Sahara’s former colonizer has shifted toward effectively recognizing Morocco’s illegal occupation of the territory.
To Stop Climate Change, Don’t Just Cut Carbon. Redistribute Wealth.
August 9, 2016 | Climate disruption is inextricably linked to economic inequality. Serious climate solutions must be, too.
The IMF’s New Toolkit: New Opportunities, Old Challenges
September 17, 2009 | The IMF has made some positive changes to adapt to new economic realities.
Response to Ambrose
September 17, 2009 | The IMF is more flexible and transparent than ever before.
Why NEPAD and African Politics Don’t Mix
October 2, 2005 | Stripped to its bare bones, the NEPAD is a "partnership" with the developed world whereby African countries will set up and police standards of good government across the continent in return for increased aid flows, private investment, and a lowering of obstacles to trade by the West.
Obstacles to Change in Africa: NEPAD, Zimbabwe, and Elites
April 1, 2002 | Until a strategy is grounded not in the elites but in the ordinary citizens and is based on basic human needs, then any project for renewal is subject to a wide variety of destabilizing forces, not least when elites seek to duck out from the commitments t
“We are the Democrats:” The Crisis in Zimbabwe and the Death of the NEPAD
March 1, 2002 | Few events in Africa in recent years have so excited world opinion as has the downward spiral of Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe and the years of chaos and terror under his rule.