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Criminality at Shopping Malls: A South African Perspective 商场犯罪：南非视角

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231221167

N. Lallupersad, D. Govender

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Assessing the Impact of Trade Policies on Growth and Development of the Manufacturing and Agricultural Sectors in Nigeria 评估贸易政策对尼日利亚制造业和农业增长与发展的影响

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231217956

Felix Ibeh

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Book review: Adetokunbo Johnson and Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz (Ed.), COVID-19 and Women’s Intersectionalities in Africa 书评：Adetokunbo Johnson 和 Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz（编辑），COVID-19 和非洲妇女的交叉性

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231212123

Ankur Srivastava

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Book review: Diana Højlund Madsen (Ed.), Gendered Institutions and Women’s Political Representation in Africa 书评：Diana Højlund Madsen (Ed.), Gendered Institutions and Women's Political Representation in Africa

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231212121

Tara Shanker Chaudhary

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Book review: Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere, African Identities and International Politics 书评：Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere，《非洲身份与国际政治

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231212881

Rajneesh Kumar Gupta

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Foreign Aid, Political Power and FDI: Do Aid-dependent Institutions Facilitate Investment in Africa? 外国援助、政治权力和外国直接投资：依赖援助的机构是否促进了对非洲的投资？

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231209921

Dongni Wang, Carmen Fillat-Castejon

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India’s Export Potential to Southern African Customs Union 印度对南部非洲关税同盟的出口潜力

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231203997

Jai Prakash Yadav, Bimlesh Singh

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Proxy Neo-colonialism? The Case of Wagner Group in the Central African Republic 代理新殖民主义？中非共和国瓦格纳集团案例

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-11-26 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231209705

Bohumil Doboš, Alexander Purton

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Constitutional and Legislative Frameworks for the Local Sphere of Government in South Africa: Analytical and Interpretive Perspective 南非地方政府领域的宪法和立法框架：分析与解释视角

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-11-26 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231211887

D. N. Mlambo, M. H. Maserumule

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Nigeria in ECOWAS Politics: Major Contributions, Dividends and Setbacks 西非经共体政治中的尼日利亚：主要贡献、红利和挫折

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-11-26 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231209706

Segun Oshewolo, A. Azeez, O. Adesanya, T. Oladipo, O. Olaleye, Opeyemi Ade-Ibijola

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