Our Publications | Public Policy In Africa Initiative

“We can no longer continue to make policies for ourselves, our countries, our region and our continent on the basis of whatever the westerners will give us. It will not work, it has not worked...Our responsibility is to charter a path which is about how we can develop our nations ourselves.”

—Ghanian President His Excellence Nana AKUFO-ADDO’s Speech, 07 December2017

“only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. That is our basic function: to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep them alive until the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable.”

— Milton Friedman

“The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. The society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both.”

— Milton Friedman

“Basic institutions that protect the liberty of individuals to pursue their own economic interests result in greater prosperity for the larger society.”

— Adam Smith

“...where effective competition can be created, it is a better way of guiding individualefforts than any other... regards competition as superior not only because it is in mostcircumstances the most efficient method known but even more because it is the only methodby which our activities can be adjusted to each other without coercive or arbitraryintervention of authority.”

— Frederick Hayek

"The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge."

— Arthur Lewis

"The end of Law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings, capable of laws, where there is no law there is no freedom."

— John Locke

publications

Sovereign AI Capacity in Africa: Beyond Technology Transfer Through Lessons from India

Parallel Systems, Unequal Outcomes: Decentralizing Education Governance in Cameroon

Subnational Conflict in Cameroon: Overdue for Inclusion

Agricultural Import Bans in Botswana: Evaluating Macroeconomic Trade-offs and SACU Revenue Implications Amid Criticism of ‘Bad Economics’

Policy Recommendations for Enhancing the Protection of Kenyan Migrant Workers in the Gulf States

Pathways for a Fortified Relationship between the United States and Angola

One-Stop Border Posts, Trade, and Security: Linking Somalia and the East African Community

Change - A new development model for African countries

The Gendered Dimensions of Politics and Governance in Zimbabwe

Leveraging Women In Peacemaking - Women And Peacebuilding In The Sahel

Leaving No One Behind: A Policy Blueprint For Eradicating Hunger In Sub-saharan Africa

Pathways to evidence-informed and inclusive regulation on artificial intelligence in Africa

China’s Global Civilisation Initiative: Implications for African Countries

Une note d’orientation sur la planification urbaine : le lierre de Boston sur les bases des ponts au Caire

Policy Recommendation for ECOWAS: Interdependence Is Key to Sustainable Regional Integration

Reimagining Nakuru’s Urban Mobility: The Transformative Value of Just and Sustainable Urbanization in Socially Just Public Transport

Mineral Value-Addition in Africa: A Path to Local Downstream Production

The impact of COVID-19 on the achievement of gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa

Policy Recommendation: Will the African Union become irrelevant on the international stage?

Integrating Nutrition into African Food and Agricultural Policies

SME Market Entry and Impact of AfCFTA on FDI in Ghana

Policy Discussion on Africa’s Youth Unemployment

Rethinking and Unthinking the AfCFTA: Call for an Integrated Economic and Industrial Policy

PPiAI Coding Survival Guide: A Manual For The African Teacher

The Role of Foreign Aid in the Development of Sub-Saharan Africa

A Pandemic Preparedness Toolkit For The African Governments And Relevant Institutions

Micronutrient Deficiencies in South Sudan | A Policy Paper by Benita Kayembe

The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Education, Livelihoods & Food Security Status:

What Is The Impact Of Microfinance On Poverty Conditions In Sub-Saharan Africa?

Sustainable Livestock Production In Africa: Lessons From The Danish Specific Pathogen-free System For The Management Of Swine Diseases In Africa

Traditional Diets To Be Preserved: Fighting The Neo-Liberal Colonization Of Food And Subsequent Health

Socialism versus Capitalism: A PPiAI Debate

Credit Information Sharing In The Digital Age: Challenges, Opportunities And Possible Policy Premise

How COVID-19 Is Shifting Priorities Amid Lack Of Agility In Implementation Of Infrastructure Projects

Adopting A Water Monetary Standard

Angola, A Country Drowning in Unemployment

Assessing Nigeria and Malaysia’s Agriculture Sector Contribution to Economic Transformation : A Comparative

Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum) Production And Marketing: The Case Of A Tropical West African Vegetables Farm

Governance from a public-value perspective: The utility of a public-value management paradigm for developing country context – Proposing a research agenda

The Future Vision Of The African Continent