The Asian drivers and the resource curse in Sub-Saharan Africa: the potential impacts of rising commodity prices for conflict and governance in the DRC

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Guenther
Keyword(s):  
Resource Curse ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Bribery in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Mediating Effects of Institutional Development and Trust

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 237802311882480
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Joslyn
Keyword(s):  
Path Dependence ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Potential Factors

The issue of bribery raises questions about the implications of institutional development and trust in the raw material industry. This paper uses theories of institutionalism and trust to explore path dependence arguments seeking to explain the resource curse puzzle. Institutional development and trust are examined as potential mediators linking mineral extraction/processing to bribery in sub-Saharan African countries. The model suggests potential factors linking raw material industries to institutional development and institutional development to the degradation of interpersonal and generalized trust. The proposed model is tested with data on a sample of sub-Saharan African countries using multilevel logistic regression with promising results.

El Nino spells multiple humanitarian crises for Africa

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Weather System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Humanitarian Crises ◽  
Cocoa Production ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

Subject Outlook for El Nino in sub-Saharan Africa. Significance The current El Nino weather system, one of the three strongest since 1950, is causing drought in some areas and flooding in others. Past instances have resulted in significant drops in agricultural production, livestock deaths, infrastructure damage and lost income. Together with likely higher incidence of disease, similar effects could trigger humanitarian crises across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Impacts Poor sanitation infrastructure in many major SSA cities will facilitate the spread of water-borne diseases such as cholera. In Southern Africa, strong institutions overseeing intra-regional water sharing will limit prospects for diplomatic disputes over water. Unusual rain and wind patterns in West Africa could curb cocoa production, creating shortages that will push up global prices. Likely lower agricultural output across SSA will compound the impact of low commodity prices on cooling GDP growth.

scholarly journals Exploring economic structure and drivers of economic growth in Botswana

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-678
Author(s):  
Patricia Lindelwa Makoni
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
International Capital ◽  
Private Sector Investment ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Government ◽  
Small Economy ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

This article set out to analyse the economic structure and main economic drivers in Botswana. Botswana, a country in sub-Saharan Africa, is a relatively small economy, hugely dependent on its diamond mineral wealth. Concerns have arisen in recent years that the diamond deposits will soon be depleted and the country therefore needs to embark on a diversification programme to broaden its economic base. In order to understand the Botswana economy, its economic structure and current domestic sectorial performance were evaluated, as well as its trends in imports and exports. An analysis of the data shows that, regardless of the awareness of the sensitivity to external shocks of commodity prices, as well as the obvious future depletion of diamond reserves, the Botswana economy continues to rely on diamonds, at the expense of attracting international capital flows to enhance and maintain sustainable economic growth, through investments in agriculture, manufacturing and tourism. It is therefore recommended that the Government of Botswana becomes proactive and implements recommended policies to diversify its economy, so that it can sustain or improve its economic growth by becoming a prime destination of international capital and domestic private sector investment, thereby increasing employment and trade opportunities.

scholarly journals Book reviews: Robert Guest (2004) “The Shackled Continent: Power, Corruption, and African Lives”

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Tadele Zemede Wubayehu
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Tribal Politics

Over the past two decades, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world except for sub-Saharan Africa. This attracted the attention of many scholars and policymakers from Africa and other continents of the world to study and understand the reason why Africa has remained so poor. As a result, many scholars have advanced many reasons for poverty and underdevelopment on the continent.  However, no consensus is reached among scholars for poverty and underdevelopment of Africa. 'The shackled continent' is one of the books that has attempted to explain the reasons why Africa has remained so poor. The main of this paper was to critically review the book. The shackled continent has critically analyzed and identified many hobbles that have affected the development process in Africa.  In this regard, the author assumption is that Africa has remained so poor as a result of several factors which includes failures of leadership, tribal politics, bad governance, impacts of AIDs, resource curse, lack of transparent property rights, ethnic strife, corruption, frequent military coups, and development assistance failures. Guest admits that these reasons to some extent contribute to the Africans' development challenges. However, arguably failures of leadership are the main reason for underdevelopment in Africa. The author argues that global capitalism is merely a solution to Africa's problems. This book has many strengths as well as weaknesses.

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