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In this collection, you will find reference materials and other study resources on the fast-changing economy of Africa. Perfect for students looking for knowledge rich resources for their A level revision.

Growth and Development Profile: Mozambique

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Debt and Economic Development

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Growth and Development Profile: Senegal

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The theft of national wealth from Angola

23rd January 2020
Development and Growth Constraints - Savings Gaps

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Growth and Development Profile: Morocco

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Development Contrasts: Youth Unemployment

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Development Contrasts: Health Outcomes

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Development Economics Success Stories from 2019

31st December 2019
Growth and Development Profile: Angola

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Growth and Development Profile: Rwanda

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Development Focus: Farming and Extreme Working Poverty

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Zambia's loan options run out as China steps in

17th December 2019
Development in Action – Great African Examples

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African Free Trade Agreement (Chain of Analysis)

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Progress in Reducing Extreme Poverty

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Intra-Regional Trade (2019 Update)

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The Triple-Power of Infrastructure Spending

31st March 2019
Will Brexit hurt the Kenyan flower trade?

10th March 2019
Kenyan farmers switch from coffee to avocado

10th February 2019
African Economic Outlook 2019

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Development and Growth Constraints - Malnutrition

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Price Volatility - The Cocoa Market

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Development and Growth Constraints - Infrastructure

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Development and Growth Constraints - Primary Product Dependency

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Infant industries in Africa, and tariffs and trade with the US

29th May 2018
Sub Saharan Africa Development Report 2018

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Africa's Free Trade Dream

21st March 2018
Recommended Follows on Development Economics for 2018 Exams

18th March 2018
Vanilla pods and economic development in Mauritius

18th March 2018
Environmental cost of Kenya's cut flower export industry

14th February 2018
Poverty and Pollution: Growing up in the world's most polluted cities

3rd February 2018
Will Cape Town run out of water?

15th January 2018
Katine - Nurturing Change in Rural Africa

30th December 2017
Smart Cities and Sustainable Development in Africa

30th December 2017
Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia - Evaluating the impact of FDI

29th December 2017
RIP Calestous Juma

16th December 2017
Can extreme poverty ever be eradicated?

30th November 2017
Why is Tanzania importing coconuts?

25th November 2017
Vodafone in east Africa - elite rent-seeking exposed

12th November 2017
Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Nigeria

2nd November 2017
Development Economics: Cocoa Profits and Pension Funds

21st October 2017
World Bank adds two new poverty lines

16th October 2017
Growth without Industrialization

10th October 2017
Africa's Great Green Wall

26th September 2017
Zero progress in tackling school access

6th September 2017
Why Africa’s development model puzzles economists

21st August 2017
Context on the importance of remittances

14th August 2017
Which countries have the lowest import tariffs?

31st July 2017
Heart of Spark Plugs - Corruption, Poverty and Pollution in the DRC

27th July 2017
China in Africa - A Changing Landscape

13th July 2017
African data as you've never seen it before

4th July 2017
Development through infrastructure - the new Kenyan railway

8th June 2017
Zimbabwe's cash cows

18th April 2017
A Big Bond for Africa

17th April 2017
Ethiopia - Economic Growth and Development

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Turkish investment in high-speed rail in Africa

15th April 2017
Trade in Sub Saharan Africa Short Answers

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Mapping Africa's Natural Resource Wealth

27th October 2016
Patel threatens to cut the UK overseas aid budget

25th October 2016
Ethiopia opens new railway line

5th October 2016
Sub-Saharan GDP growth may fall below 2% claims World Bank

30th September 2016
China and Africa: Partnering for Growth

7th September 2016
Can Africa sustain progress in cutting extreme poverty?

2nd September 2016
Water scarcity with rapid urbanisation

2nd September 2016
Resource curse: How being located near mines hurts manufacturers

30th August 2016
Ethiopia opens Africa's largest industrial park

17th July 2016
Realising One Market for Africa

16th July 2016
Unequal Scenes - Drones Capture Inequality in South Africa

3rd July 2016
Paul Collier on African Urbanisation

16th June 2016
Analysing the Effectiveness of Aid

15th June 2016
Growth and Prosperity in Africa: What's Worked, and What's Next?

4th June 2016
OCR F585 Economics - Extract 5

11th April 2016
Migrant Remittances and Economic Development

Teaching PowerPoints
Primary Dependency - Focus on Angola

8th April 2016
OCR - F585 Economics - Extract 4 - Labour Migration and Remittances

8th April 2016
OCR F585 Economics - Extract 3 - Primary Product Dependency and the Terms of Trade

8th April 2016
Macroeconomic Profile for Zambia

31st March 2016
Zimbabwe's Nine Legal Tender Currencies

6th March 2016
Development Economics: Ethiopia In Focus

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Collapsing commodity prices hit South African miners

11th February 2016
Zambian economy and the OCR F585 paper

5th February 2016
Nigeria: Primary Product dependency and currency depreciation

29th January 2016
Chinese slowdown hits African exports

14th January 2016
African Economic Prospects for 2016

8th January 2016
How much overseas aid does the UK give?

6th January 2016
Barriers to Economics Development: Corruption in Africa

1st December 2015
Can Nigeria replicate China's economic transformation?

1st December 2015
Power shortages hit the Zambian economy

27th November 2015
Tourism and Economic Development in Africa

26th November 2015
Premature Deindustrialization in Africa

8th November 2015
Gender Inequality and the HDI

6th November 2015
How will a Population Boom Change Africa?

13th September 2015
Africa in Numbers

10th September 2015
Africa rising: The new growth agenda (IGC Report)

18th August 2015
Overseas Aid and Development Debate

23rd July 2015
Building Capabilities - Car Manufacturing in Ghana

13th July 2015
Social Safety Nets in Developing Countries

9th July 2015
TFTA - Cape to Cairo Free-Trade Zone

10th June 2015
26 Nation African Free Trade Area Planned

22nd May 2015
Industrialisation in Africa

15th May 2015
Kickstarting Industry in Rwanda

24th March 2015
Wealth inequality in Africa

23rd March 2015
HIV testing and risky sexual behaviour

2nd February 2015
Why housing is key to Africa’s development

26th December 2014
Sustaining economic growth in Africa

20th December 2014
Ethiopia sells $1bn worth of government bonds in capital raising

5th December 2014
Foreign direct investment in Africa

14th November 2014
Ghana - Economic Growth and Development

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South Africa - Economic Growth and Development

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Ivory Coast - Growth and Development

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Botswana - Growth and Development

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Growth and Development in Ethiopia

17th October 2014
From Africa Rising to Africa Watching

9th October 2014
Development Economics: The Fortunes of Nations

18th August 2014
Africa Progress Report 2014

8th May 2014
Beyond the Bike: Religion and Economic Development

4th July 2012
Beyond the Bike - Gold Digging in Sudan

28th March 2012
Beyond the Bike - Monetary Policy in Africa

28th March 2012
Beyond the Bike - The Importance of Remittances

15th January 2012

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