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Montpellier Panel – Growth with Resilience: Opportunities in African Agriculture

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Garry Peterson

The Montpellier Panel, a group of experts from the fields of agriculture, sustainable development, trade, policy, and global development chaired by Gordon Conway from UK’s Imperial College, have a new report ‘Growth with Resilience: Opportunities in African Agriculture’. The report looks at … Continue reading →

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Two PhD positions on governance of ecosystem services in Southern and Eastern Afric

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Garry Peterson

Two PhD positions at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.  Applications are due May 2nd.  The positons are with a project Governance of ecosystem services under scenarios of change in southern and eastern Africa, funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).  … Continue reading →

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Africa’s economic growth

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Garry Peterson

While China’s economy continues to rapidly grow, during the first decade of the 2000s, most of the world’s fastest-growing economies were in sub-Saharan Africa and the IMF projects that this trend will continue over the next five years. The Economist … Continue reading →

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Gates and CGIAR

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Garry Peterson

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the wealthiest private foundation in the world, joined the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in December 2009.  CGIAR is funds a set of research groups – IWMI, CIFOR, etc – that do … Continue reading →

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How much is African poverty really falling?

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Garry Peterson

Martin Ravallion, Director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank,responds to Maxim Pinkovskiy and Xavier Sala-i-Martin’s NBER paper that estimates a decline in African poverty.  He agrees that poverty is decreasing, but believes they are overstating their case. … Continue reading →

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African Poverty is Falling

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Garry Peterson

A new NBER working paper African Poverty is Falling…Much Faster than You Think! from economists Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Maxim Pinkovskiy argues that African poverty has been rapidly falling across Africa since 1995.  They use methods they use to look at … Continue reading →

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Agro-colonialism and/or Agricultural development?

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Garry Peterson

The New York Times Magazine has an article by Andrew Rice Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism? on new mega-investments in agricultural land in Africa. This type of activity featured in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment‘s TechnoGarden scenario as something … Continue reading →

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Nigeriatown

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Garry Peterson

In a New Yorker article – the promised land – Evan Osnos about African merchants living in China. He also narrates an Audio Slide Show about the economic, social, and religious life of African migrants in Guangzhou.  On his blog … Continue reading →

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Fish Piracy Feeds the Global Rich

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Garry Peterson

A New York Times article Europe’s Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade describes how fisheries collapse is leading roving bandits to scoop up the world’s valuable fish leaving little behind for local fishers: Fish is now the most traded animal … Continue reading →

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