Resilience in practice: voices from the ground Roundtable | 9 October 2017 13:00 - 15:00 BST What does resilience look like in practice and how can climate resilience programmes learn from others’ experiences? Register
Designing a new UK preferences regime post-Brexit: how Africa can benefit Working and discussion papers | September 2017 | Maximiliano Mendez-Parra The UK Government should prioritise the forming of a new preferences regime for post-Brexit trade. This paper looks at how Africa might seek to benefit. Downloads
BRACED Resilience exchange: what have we learned so far? Research reports and studies | September 2017 | Carina Bachofen, James Baer, Elizabeth Carabine, Blane Harvey, Bettina Koelle, Virginie Le Masson, Katie Peters, Florence Pichon, Charlotte Rye, Catherine Simonet, James Smith, Zoe Tabary, Emily Wilkinson and Dave Wilson The BRACED Resilience Exchange shares what has been learned across the DFID funded resilience programme after it's first two years. Downloads
The outlook for the Zimbabwean economy Working and discussion papers | September 2017 | Godfrey Kanyenze, Prosper Chitambara and Judith Tyson Zimbabwe has failed to match the recent successes of other sub-Saharan African economies. Without political change, the situation is unlikely to improve. Downloads
Meeting the global demand for food assistance Public event | 4 September 2017 10:00 - 11:30 BST What are the challenges to achieving effective assistance in fragile and conflict-affected states? And what are the solutions to some of the problems? Find out more
Trade facilitation, transport costs and the price of trucking services in East Africa Working and discussion papers | August 2017 | Andreas Eberhard-Ruiz and Linda Calabrese This paper examines the channels through which trade facilitation efforts can reduce the price for transporting goods between countries in East Africa. Downloads
Zimbabwe: a roadmap for economic transformation Research reports and studies | August 2017 | Judith Tyson Zimbabwe has suffered from economic decline in the recent past. This paper explores how political change is not necessary to reverse this decline. Downloads
Smart industrialisation through trade in the context of Africa’s transformation Briefing papers | August 2017 | Lily Sommer, Linda Calabrese, Maximiliano Mendez-Parra and David Luke This brief provides policy recommendations for using trade and trade policy to support industrialisation and the transformation of Africa economies. Downloads
Coordinating public and private action for export manufacturing: issues for Rwanda Research reports and studies | July 2017 | David Booth, Linda Calabrese and Frederick Golooba-Mutebi This paper explores how international experience of success in manufacturing-based economic transformation can provide valuable insight for Rwanda. Downloads
Mobilising private financing for manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa Research reports and studies | June 2017 | Judith Tyson Sub-Saharan African economies seeking to attract manufacturing investments must tackle the numerous firm-level constraints preventing finance mobilisation. Downloads
