The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has promoted the integrated agriculture research for development (IAR4D) approach based on an innovation systems framework.
paper by Richard Munang and Johnson N. Nkem
Paul Kruger, a tralac Researcher, discusses Special Economic Zones for South Africa.
Paul Collier: Europe’s current troubles with the Euro should not detract from its success in liberating intra-regional trade: this is a model worth Africa emulating.
11th January, Nairobi — An increasing number of African countries are beginning to step away from aid dependency, as the domestic private sector becomes the engine of growth across much of Africa.
As part of the reform of EU external assistance, the EuropeAid Co-operation Office (AIDCO) was formally established on 1 January 2001. Its mission is to implement the European Commission's external aid instruments which are funded by the European Community budget and the European Development Fund.
While the Directorate-General for External Relations (DG RELEX) and the Directorate-General for Development (DG DEV) are responsible for defining the strategies, general policies and programming of external assistance, the EuropeAid Co-operation Office is responsible for the management of the project cycle from identification to final project evaluation. AIDCO does not deal with pre-accession aid programmes (Phare, Ispa and Sapard), humanitarian activities, macro-financial assistance, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) or the Rapid Reaction Facility.
Website of the EuropeAid Co-operation Office:http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/index_en.htm
Website of the Directorate-General for Development:http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/development/index_en.htm
Website of the Directorate-General for External Relations: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/index.htm
