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GDAI Webinar #6 – Between Afro-Pessimism and Naive Optimism-a Bias for Hope in Policy Making

November 18, 2020 by CAS Leave a Comment

  Professor John Sender and Professor Christopher Cramer will discuss their new book, written with Arkebe Oqubay, on African Economic Development. The air that policy officials breathe is thick with conventional wisdoms that need to be questioned, and with reflexes of pessimism or over-optimistic fantasies about the prospects for economic development, improving welfare, and structural […]

GDAI Webinar Collection

October 8, 2019 by CAS 1 Comment

Watch all the past webinars on our youtube playlist: bit.ly/GDAI_Webinar_Playlist   GDAI Webinar#1 – Reflections on the Genesis of a Contemporary Ethiopian Feminist Movement – with Dr Sehin Teferra GDAI Webinar#2 – ‘Twists and Turns: the unpredictable trajectory of decentralization in Sierra Leone’ – with Dr Marco Felix Conteh GDAI Webinar#3 – ‘The Angolan political transition: challenges […]

Governance in Africa: Natasha Kimani

July 15, 2018 by CAS Leave a Comment

As part of the series Governance in Africa Conversations Miia Laine talks to Natasha Kimani about gender-responsive governance.

Governance in Africa: Professor Khadija Elmadmad

May 4, 2016 by CAS Leave a Comment

As part of the series Governance in Africa Conversations Dr. Mashood Baderin talks to Professor Khadija Elmadmad – CUDM on African Governance, Human Rights and Migration.

Governance in Africa: Dr. Deborah Bräutigam

November 30, 2015 by CAS Leave a Comment

Dr. Deborah Bräutigam, one of the world’s leading experts on China and Africa, speaks to Dr. Carlos Oya about China’s role in Africa today.

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GDAI Webinar #9 – Engajamento político da juventude na África Lusófona (Youth Political Engagement in Lusophone Africa)

Thursday 27th May 2021 – 5pm BST (UK time) Please note this webinar will be delivered in Portuguese. Moçambique e Cabo Verde são dois países unidos pela mesma língua, mas com trajectórias políticas diferentes. Enquanto o primeiro é visto como o espelho de uma democracia deficitária, Cabo Verde é por sua vez tido como um […]

GDAI Webinar #8 – The challenge of state-making in South Sudan: the shifting everyday realities and experience of violence and conflict

Wed 25 March 2021, 5-6pm (UK Time – GMT+0) Conventional interpretations of Civil Society often overlook the myriad ways in which civic actors constitute authority and negotiate for change in fragile states. This omission has significant implications on how civil society sectors evolve and receive external support. Drawing on South Sudan as a case study, […]

GDAI Webinar #7 – Sudan at the crossroads: hopes and fears for the future

Following the popular revolution and the end of military rule in Sudan in 2019, there were great hopes for change in the future, both within the country and across the Sudanese diaspora. Since then, in 2020 Sudan has been buffeted first by the COVID-19 pandemic and then by severe flooding in August 2020, and the […]

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