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Cash Transfers: Indebted to Donors By Nick Branson and Jamie Hitchen

In the second part of a series of three articles, ARI researchers Jamie Hitchen and Nick Branson consider claims about the efficacy of cash transfers in Africa. WFP/Jonas Soubeiga   ‘The Cash...

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Cash to the Rescue! By Nick Branson and Jamie Hitchen

This is the third in a series of articles on the potential of cash transfer programmes for Africa. In the last post, we concluded that cash transfers may be better suited to delivering humanitarian...

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Citizens ‘Making Noise’: Keeping Track of Buhari’s Government By Jamie Hitchen

BudgIT was founded in February 2011 to collate and analyse publicly available Nigerian government data. By presenting information on government finance in an accessible and visually engaging format,...

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A Year With Ebola: The Grievous Experience of Health Care Workers in Sierra...

Sierra Leone’s health care workers have been confronting Ebola for more than a year – a relentless, shattering endeavour. 11 of the country’s 123 medical doctors have perished. The World Health...

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Beyond Ebola: “a time for action” in Sierra Leone By Jamie Hitchen

“I am tired of hearing the government talk about ‘post-Ebola’. It is already too late, things are happening now and we can’t wait for things to improve to change. It is time for action”. Dr Bintu...

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The Guardian, 25 June 2015

ARI Policy Researcher, Jamie Hitchen, participated in a live Q&A for The Guardian on the economic recovery in Sierra Leone, post-Ebola. The post The Guardian, 25 June 2015 appeared first on Africa...

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Flooding in Freetown: a failure of planning? By Jamie Hitchen

According to Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Freetown is home to at least 61 informal settlements, many of which are perched on the last vestiges of land before the sea. Their names evoke this...

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Review – Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for...

Author Nic Cheeseman will be among the speakers at ARI’s “Democracy in Africa: 25 years of progress?” event on December 16th, 2015. While the event is fully booked, you can join the waitlist by...

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10 things to watch in Africa in 2016 By Nick Branson and Jamie Hitchen

Staying Power: Referenda in the Republic of Congo and Rwanda have paved the way for presidents Sassou Nguesso and Kagame to extend their tenures. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President...

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Staging an election in Uganda: Kiggundu’s third act 

Shortly before 4pm on Saturday 20 February, Dr Badru Kiggundu, chair of Uganda’s Electoral Commission (EC), announced the result of the country’s presidential election. It was the third such contest he...

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