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Building infrastructure is good. The problem is managing it well
The Tanzanian government has tried to convince Ugandan businessmen to use the recently completed Central Corridor connecting Kampala to the port in Dar es Salaam via Mutukula (total distance is around...
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Donors prioritized “industrial policy” in Asia, “social sectors” in Africa. Why?
Let me start with an anecdote. Two days ago the rainy season began in Kenya (almost a month late) and this morning the roads in the Kariobangi industrial cluster became very muddy. A truck got stuck in...
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New Structural Economics = New Development Consensus?
Probably not, the New Structural Economics won’t make it as far as becoming a new consensus in development economics. But the debate triggered by the Chief Economist of the World Bank Justin Yifu Lin...
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Should Kenya establish a development bank?
Uhuru and Ruto wrote in the Jubilee Manifesto that they plan to establish a development Bank to “prop up the private players”. Although nobody is talking about it, and although we have no idea if that...
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