Employment outcomes are among the most important variables used by economists to link the size and structure of economic growth to the welfare of households. This is because experience has shown that growth in output…
The last decade has been an extraordinarily good one for developing nations and their mostly poor citizens, so good in fact that it has...
Resource-rich countries in West Africa have seen remarkable economic growth as of late, partly due to mineral, oil, and gas (MOG) revenues. Future growth is...
Dakar, Senegal. November 4, 2013 On November 4th, ACET and the UN African Institute for Economic Development (IDEP) co-hosted the second Sustainable Resource Series dialogue in...
Accra, Ghana. October 8, 2013. In partnership with the Ford Foundation and the Center for Demographic Development-Ghana (CDD), ACET held the first Sustainable Resource Series...
Marketplaces have always been a central part of everyday life in West African society. The traditional marketplace has been a center for selling goods,...
Marketplaces have always been a central part of everyday life in West African society. The traditional marketplace has been a center for selling goods,...
From August 26th-30th, ACET, in partnership with the Ford Foundation, hosted a two-day meeting and gold mine visit as part of their global initiative...
The premise of the 2013 African Transformation Report, coming in October, is that economic growth alone will not sustain development on the continent. As...
Can West Africa meet the MDG on water and sanitation by 2015? Who is most impacted by poor access to clean, consistent water supply?...
Assessing the impact and effectiveness of the Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative in Ghana, this report uses nine indicators to measure whether AfT has...
Written by: Eugenie Maiga In many African countries, people who attend and graduate school hope to end up in white-collar jobs. The perception is...
Africa Progress Panel (APP) meetings were organized to help inform the 2013 Africa Progress Panel Report which focuses on the theme “Equity in Extractives:...
An overwhelming majority of people in West Africa’s cities lives in slums. As more people leave the rural areas and flock to cities, slums...
Ports are key to economies of the region as they facilitate trade, provide good jobs and attract industries. The huge growth in trade throughout...
ACET is collaborating with The Rockefeller Foundation’s Informal City Dialogues, which will explore the role of informal cities in several capitals around the world,...