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The fiscal management of foreign aid in sub-Saharan Africa

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Loujaina Abdelwahed focuses on the impact of foreign aid and natural resources, and the difference between temporary and permanent foreign aid in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming to understand how this affects government spending

Foreign aid is managed by governments whose countries are in need. Their decisions on how that money is managed greatly affect countries’ subsequent economic performance. Loujaina Abdelwahed, Assistant Professor in Economics at The Cooper Union, argues that whether aid is received permanently or temporarily is an overlooked determinant of how a recipient country’s fiscal performance reacts. She focuses her research […]

Urban water and sanitation reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Access to clean water is critical for human survival.

Many countries in the developing world have undertaken ambitious reforms of their urban water and sanitation. Unfortunately, few have achieved excellent, sustainable results. In his recent book, Empty Buckets and Overflowing Pits, Dr Roland Werchota describes his research into urban water and sanitation sector reforms in four Sub-Saharan African countries, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, and explains why these […]