From education to conflict and instability, leaders at the African Union Summit in Ethiopia discuss the top priorities for the continent. Africa is facing numerous challenges including inadequate infrastructure, poor funding and armed conflict. Joining the discussion: Hannah Wanjie Ryder is the CEO of Development […]
April 1, 2021
From charges of neo-colonialism to debt and vaccine diplomacy, China-Africa experts face dual responsibilities. Not only do they need to tell the real story of China’s engagement in Africa, they also need to break down and challenge the cynicism surrounding the topic, in order to encourage better and more sustainable engagement.
Author and professor Deborah Bräutigam is one of these experts. In 2014, she created the China-Africa Research Initiative (CARI) at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies to gather credible sources of data that can be used to better understand China’s engagement in Africa.
When special drawing rights aren’t so special
Hannah Wanjie Ryder & Gyude Moore
March 02, 2021 22:43
While 47 African countries are eligible for Covax support, 25 still have not been able to secure any vaccine orders. (Reuters)
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With the arrival of US President Joe Biden’s administration, calls for a fresh allocation of special drawing rights (SDRs) the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) reserve assets have gained new momentum. Yet while such proposals are supposedly geared toward assisting developing countries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, SDRs are allocated according to a country’s IMF quota and voting share, rather than its needs. As such, the vast majority of any new allocation would go to wealthy countries.