African cities need to raise USD 20-25 billion investment in basic infrastructure and USD 20 billion for housing to accommodate urban growth. This brief explores how improving creditworthiness, strengthening subnational financial intermediaries and pipelines of transformative investments may support this.
Megatrends Policy Brief 11, 16.01.2023, 10 Pages
doi:10.18449/2023MTA-PB11
India prioritizes Africa and Asia in its allocation of development projects to the Global South. Our research shows that India tends to make financial commitments in areas where China has increased its activities. This appears to be driven by commercial competition, Gerda Asmus (University of Göttingen),…
Megatrends spotlight 20, 09.01.2023
The working paper finds that urbanisation does not automatically lead to democratisation, but structures the way citizens relate to the state. While urban density facilitates collective accountability demands, the link between urbanisation and individual accountability relationships with the state is less…
Megatrends Working Paper 2022 03, 23.12.2022, 24 Pages
doi:10.18449/2022MTA-WP03
L’Iswap, la faction de l’État islamique en Afrique de l’Ouest est aujourd’hui l’un des mouvements djihadistes les plus actifs au monde. Son succès est en partie lié à l’influence et au soutien de l’État islamique (EI), qui a encouragé le mouvement à adopter une gouvernance rationalisée, plus précise et plus…
Megatrends Note d’analyse 01, 23.12.2022, 12 Pages
doi:10.18449/2022MTA-NA01
Megatrends such as climate change, digitalisation, and urbanisation are transforming all aspects of politics, economics and society in Africa. Consequently, they are also affecting conflict dynamics. This Working Paper focuses specifically on how megatrends are altering patterns of foreign intervention in…
Megatrends Working Paper 2022 02, 21.12.2022, 15 Pages
doi:10.18449/2022MTA-WP02
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