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A greater part of Africa’s populationcan’t afford a healthy diet than any other regional population. Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is caused by climate change, high levels of poverty, rapid population growth, low economic growth, inadequate infrastructure and conflicts. Women are the backbone of agricultural labour in the region. The problems of limited access to…

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has heralded an increasingly fragmented world that is fuelling protectionism and playing into nationalist narratives. While India is trying to cope with the rising number of cases, Europe is caught in a struggle to retain its values. Despite these challenges, India and European Union (EU) remain natural partners that…

As proposed by economist Mushtaq H. Khan, political settlements have widely been applied to political economy analyses of countries in sub-Saharan Africa (hereafter, Africa). By reviewing the original concept and causal mechanism of political settlements, this column suggests that several factors, which were excluded from the mechanism but nevertheless influence institutional outcomes, should be also…

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