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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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Post-colonial Independence and Africa’s Corruption Conundrum: A Succinct South African Critique Post-democratisation 后殖民独立与非洲的腐败困境：南非对后民主化的简洁批判

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231176260

D. N. Mlambo, M. A. Mubecua, Victor H. Mlambo

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Book review: Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo, Uganda an Indian Colony 1897–1972 书评：Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo，乌干达和印度殖民地1897–1972

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231173796

Aarshi Dua

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Marshall Plan and International Development Strategy: Perspectives from African Underdevelopment 马歇尔计划与国际发展战略：非洲欠发达国家视角

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231178210

C. Onah, A. Aloysius, B. Amujiri

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Ref lections on Democracy and Development in Africa: A Hew Trail of Political Reforms 对非洲民主与发展的反思:政治改革的新路径

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-02-05 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221140555

A. I. Braimah, J. Forson

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Diffracting the Global: Exploring the Implementation of WHO’s COVID-19 Protocols in Sub-Saharan Africa 全球困境：探索世界卫生组织新冠肺炎议定书在撒哈拉以南非洲的实施

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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-01-07 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221135078

Tebogo B. Sebeelo

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