Publications

ACET note: As China becomes a focal point of lessons for Africa's transformation, this report by the China-DAC Study Group expands our understanding of China's transformation story. Learn more about ACET's own China-Africa work and Transformation Dialogues. The experiences and lessons from China's economic transformation and poverty reduction have been attracting much interest from both African countries and the international development community. To respond to this interest for the ex....

ACET Occasional Papers analyze and make recommendations on issues or comment on important developments in the international arena and how they affect Africa. By Nicolas Depetris Chauvin and Guido Porto Cash crops, such as cocoa, cotton, coffee and tobacco, are a major source of export revenue for a large number of Sub-Saharan African countries and the livelihood basis for millions of rural households who grow those crops. Generally speaking, poor farmers in the cash crop sector shou....

ACET note: This report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) explores options for Africa's industrialization within new international trade rules. The global environment for African industrialization is  changing in several significant respects and efforts to promote industrialization in the twenty-first century must also take account of this new environment. Multilateral trade rules as well as....

The unprecedented global economic crises which have afflicted the whole world over the past two years have their origins in the advanced industrial economies of the West. While African countries bear no responsibility for this crisis, they are suffering its worst effects. They have been hit with falling prices, especially those countries that trade in a few commodity exports, and reduced capital flows as foreign investors exit these markets to shore up their losses at home and the level of r....