Syrian primary school children attending catch-up learning classes in Lebanon
Syrian primary school children, by DFID - UK Department for Internationale Development, via flickr.com, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“Lebanon has Good Practices to Convey to Europe”

May 19, 2016 / Tamirace Fakhoury

Lebanon currently shelters one of the largest Syrian refugee populations in the world. Political scientist Tamirace Fakhoury talks about how her home country deals with the challenges and what Europe might learn from it. This article is part of our “Migration & Transformation” series. Many governments and civil societies in developing and transition countries are […]

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Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar.
Sükhbaatar Square in Ulan Bator, by Brücke-Osteuropa, via commons.wikimedia.org, public domain

Guarded Confidence in Mongolian Democracy

May 12, 2016 / Julian Dierkes

A high court ruling on the country’s electoral system has thrown Mongolia into political turmoil. How will this affect the upcoming parliamentary elections? Will the country stay on its path towards consolidating democracy? On June 29, 2016, Mongolians will be voting for a new parliament, the State Great Khural, for the seventh time since the […]

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Workers maintain the thermal power station at Takoradi, Ghana
Workers maintain the thermal power station at Takoradi, Ghana, by Jonathan Ernst/World Bank, via via flickr.com, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“Lucky if you have power for 12 hours”

May 9, 2016 / Sabine Donner, Rasheed Draman

We spoke with Rasheed Draman about Ghana’s economic crisis, public discontent with service delivery and why his country will not fall victim to the “resource curse”. BTI Blog: Many observers – including BTI experts – have long considered Ghana a model of successful political and economic reform in sub-Saharan Africa. Now we see a significant […]

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Many colourful figures of Hindu gods are shown
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Visit to The Chronicle & The Sunday News office in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Visit to The Chronicle & The Sunday News office in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, by David Brewer, via flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0

Mugabe “Increasingly Frail and Indecisive”

April 29, 2016 / Sabine Donner, Lloyd M. Sachikonye

In the midst of factional struggles over Mugabe’s unresolved succession, we talked with political scientist Lloyd M. Sachikonye about the legacy of political violence and his hopes for Zimbabwe’s future.   BTI Blog: After more than three decades, 92-year-old Robert Mugabe is still Zimbabwe’s strongman. Does his extraordinary capacity to maintain his grip on power constitute […]

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Taipei Skyline
Taipei Skyline from Elephant Mountain, by Dave Wilson, via flickr.com, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

And the winner is … Taiwan

April 25, 2016 / Robert Schwarz

Ranking at the top of the BTI Status Index, Taiwan’s transformation from an authoritarian developing country to a thriving democracy and market economy deserves special attention. What are the recipes for the island state’s political and economic success? Taiwan is the Status Index top performer among the 129 countries surveyed in the 2016 edition of […]

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Hiring Bullies as Bouncers

April 20, 2016 / Jan Claudius Völkel

Facing record immigration numbers, the European Union has started to look into closer cooperation with governments in Africa. In the Khartoum Process, the EU intends to set the fox to keep the geese, as it is those governments’ actions that people are trying to run away from. This article is part of our “Migration & […]

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President of South Africa Jacob Zuma and President of China Xi Jinping at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sandton, Johannesburg
President of South Africa Jacob Zuma and President of China Xi Jinping at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sandton, Johannesburg. © GovernmentZA/Flickr. CC BY-ND 2.0

Buyer Beware: China’s Risky Commodity Investments

April 13, 2016 / Rolf J. Langhammer

A few years ago, Western countries feared that China’s forays into Africa would cut them off from commodities. In light of current low prices it looks as if China made a mistake when it secured access to resources through risky investments. What do countries like Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea […]

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Nuevo Mas banners at Plaza Congreso
Nuevo Mas banners at Plaza Congreso, 18 September 2011. © Beatrice Murch. CC BY 2.0
Skopje
Skopje, 11 August 2008. © David Bailey. CC BY-SA 2.0

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