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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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Factors Influencing Financial Inclusion for Social Inclusion in Selected African Countries 影响选定非洲国家金融包容性促进社会包容的因素

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-11-26 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231194558

Kosmas Njanike, Raphael T. Mpofu

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Are Borders a Burden? Debates and Counter-Narratives on Nigeria’s National Security 边境是负担吗?关于尼日利亚国家安全的辩论和反叙述

Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231194560

Oladotun E. Awosusi, Ferim Valery

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Global Capitalism and the Underdevelopment of African Political Economy: Where Will Our Help Come From? 全球资本主义与非洲政治经济的欠发达：我们的帮助从哪里来？

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231170178

C. Onah, B. Amujiri

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Book review: Ucheoma Nwagbara, The Struggles of Post-Independence Nigeria: Missed Opportunities and a Continuing Crisis 书评:Ucheoma Nwagbara，《独立后的尼日利亚:错失的机会和持续的危机》

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231174678

R. Anand

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Diagnosing Ethiopia’s Tigray War: Reverberations in the Horn of Africa 诊断埃塞俄比亚的提格雷战争:在非洲之角的反响

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231170177

Frederick Appiah Afriyie, Shirley Ayangbah, Kwaku Obeng Effah

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