This article has overviewed the level of development and engagement by the international community in Central Asia. Having covered these issues, it is incumbent upon Japan to proactively pursue…
Perspectives – Japan’s Roles in Central Asia
Industry
Current Situation of Development in Central Asian Countries
In the last 24 years since the collapse of USSR, five Central Asian countries have been transformed. Each has transitioned from communism and planned economy…
Seeds for Africa’s Green Revolution: Can India Help?
Over the last year or so we have been doing some work exploring how the Indian seed sector might contribute to African agriculture, boosting productivity and assisting in particular smaller, poorer farmers.
Food or Agriculture
In December 2015, World Trade Organization (WTO) attracted attentions again.
The Cloud over the Mineral Sector in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is an interesting case in mineral sector development in a post-conflict country where it is trying to attract investment whilst as the same time facing the challenge of ensuring it gets a fair share of the resource rent generated.
Cotton in Crisis: the Limits to Liberalisation
The cotton industry in Zimbabwe is in crisis. World market prices have collapsed, and the liberalised contract system, where numerous companies compete with each other, is failing.
Can New Legislation Hold the Key to Rehabilitating Kenya’s Extractive Sector?
Sustained economic growth for Kenya has been an elusive target. For decades it has been middle-of-the-pack within East Africa, and fallen only slightly above the continental average when measuring GDP growth.
Booming Workers’ Wages, Japan Signs for $220m in Cambodia
Newspaper cuttings from The Phnom Penh Post cover issues of poverty and development between March 27 and 29.
Cabby Praises China in Africa a Great Deal
China has done a lot for the past few years in my country. 60 year old Taxi Driver told me with full of excitement.
Is Growth an Irony for the Poor in Nigeria?
For most of the Nigerian poor, growth is just an irony.
