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Magic and witchcraft : implications for democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355

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Donor's double talk undermines African agency : comparative study of civic agency in Burkina Faso and Togo ; the fabrication of public action in countries <<under an aid regime>> A...

Kohnert, Dirk - 2015 - Draft

Despite a long-standing controversy about aid-effectiveness in general and the impact of aid-dependency on governance in particular, little is known on the effect of donors policies on civic agency for democratization in aid dependent autocratic regimes. In this study it is argued that the...

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African agency and EU- African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - 2014

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

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Togo : thorny transitions and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery

Kohnert, Dirk - 2011

of political conditionality of aid, which had been emphasised also as corner stone of the joint EU-Africa strategy …

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Country concepts and the rational actor trap : limitations to strategic management of international NGOs

Kohnert, Dirk - 2004

Growing criticism of inefficient development aid demanded new planning instruments of donors, including international NGOs (INGOs). A reorientation from isolated project-planning towards holistic country concepts and the increasing rationality of a result-orientated planning process were seen as...

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Magic and witchcraft : implications for democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - 1996

The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...

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New markets for local experts in Africa?

Kohnert, Dirk - 1995

In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development programs has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334891

Crisis Region Western Africa : the cradle of African migration to Europe

Kohnert, Dirk - 2007 - Rev.

In the last decades the number of refugees from conflict regions in Africa increased dramatically. West Africa is the … cradle of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, were most African migrants with overseas destinations live. The … contributed to Africa's growing economic misery, due to the damaging effects of European selfish external trade policy …

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Chinese and African migrant entrepreneur's articulation shaped by African agency

Kohnert, Dirk - 2016

Much has been written on the relationship of China and Africa in the past decade. However, the subject of Chinese … migrant entrepreneurs in Africa and their articulation with African counterparts was little explored up to the early 2010s … entrepreneurs in Africa. This has been underlined unison in the four books under review. …

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Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans? : comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants' cultures of innovation

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from …. -- trading diasporas ; international migration ; entrepreneurs ; culture ; innovation ; SMEs ; Africa ; China ; Nigeria ; Cotonou …

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