Moving money: Aid fungibility in Africa

Article Abstract:

The ability to indirectly transfer donor resources to non-targeted expenditures or 'fungibility' of aid is as old as foreign aid itself and hence its existence in developing countries, particularly in Africa, is studied. Large variations in the level of fungibility are found among sectors, across countries and with the number of donors especially in Africa and though this may not be bad for future development, more research based on fungibility across donors, mutual cutbacks and compensations is necessary.

International economic relations, Economic aspects

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Africa's informal economies: thirty years on

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This article examines informal economy in Africa, the continent where the term was coined in the 1970s. The author studies the complex relations between informality and formality, as well as the role of education in developing future informal workers.

Analysis, Economic policy, Education, Underground economy

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Meanwhile in Africa

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An argument is presented that regional humanitarian peacekeeping is not a inexpensive and effective alternative to US-led intervention in Africa. ECOMOG intervention in Liberia is offered as an example.

Liberia, United States, International relations, Military aspects, United States foreign relations, Intervention (International law), Military intervention

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