While a greater diversity of partnerships can benefit Africa’s development, there are concerns that the intense activity with new partners could heighten Africa’s over-specialisation on unprocessed raw materials, undo the patient work by traditional partners of reducing Africa’s debt burden and compromising the quality of governance. The jury is still out on all three counts. While there is no solid evidence for the fears, the risks exist and call for African policy makers collectively to develop enhanced co‑ordination amongst themselves and greater transparency by all partners.

Theme 2011

Experts from different fields analyse what measures should African governments take in order to engage effectively with emerging economic partners in Africa, such as China, India, Brasil or Turkey.

 

Tax expenditure surveys


Jean-Philippe Stijns, co-author of the "Public Resource Mobilisation" study, highlights Morocco's practices while observing their taxation policies.