Key Trends in Africa
by CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies
This course material is only available in the iTunes U app on iPhone or iPad.
Course Description
The CSIS Key Trends in Africa course is designed to provide research and analysis on ongoing developments on the continent and U.S. policy toward Africa. The course focuses on governance, economics, health and development, and security trends on the continent.
It is curated from content produced by the CSIS Africa Program, including publications, events, interviews, and multimedia. The program pursues a broad research agenda, identifying and exploring emerging political, economic, social, and security developments on the continent. Program staff regularly engage with officials in Congress, the State Department, the Department of Defense, and the White House, as well as with government officials from various African countries. The program also provides a platform to visiting African opinion leaders and seeks to integrate African perspectives into the Washington policy dialogue.
1. Governance: This section focuses on the political landscape in various African countries and the events and moments that shape those countries.
2. Security: This section seeks to understand current security threats within countries and across the continent, anticipate future risks of instability, and examine current U.S. and international security initiatives.
3. Economics: This section explores evolving economic dynamics across the continent. In the last decade, African economies have been buoyed by high commodity prices, improved fiscal governance, the growth of a consumer class, and a rapidly expanding working-age population. How can investors harness these positive trends while combating remaining investment barriers like underdeveloped markets, poor infrastructure, and negative perceptions of the continent?
4. Health and Development: This section highlights African priorities and perspectives in global health debates. It focuses on three broad areas: first, increasing African responsibility in designing and implementing national health strategies; second, exploring ways to build African health capacity which will provide successful and sustainable options for future needs in Africa; and third, how the U.S. is engaging African governments on global health concerns.
| Name | Description | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Overview Report Assessing Risks to Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | 110707_Downie_OverviewReport_Web | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | Angola-Assessing Risks to Stability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | Botswana-Assessing Risks to Stability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | Ethiopia-Assessing Risks to Stability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | Ghana-Assessing Risks to Stability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | Kenya-Assessing Risks to Sability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | Nigeria-Assessing Risks to Stability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | Rwanda-Assessing Risks to Stability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | Sudan_Assessing Risks to Stability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | Uganda-Assessing Risks to Stability | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | Building Police Institutions in Fragile States | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | A More Strategic US Approach to Police Reform in Africa | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | Global Health as a Bridge to Security | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | Boko Haram-Emerging Threat to the US Homeland | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | Fostering Trade and Investment in Africa | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Statemen's Forum Report | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | Combating Barriers to Investment in Africa | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | Shifting the Narrative on Africa-Playing to the Continent’s Upside | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | Maternal Health in Nigeria | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | Competing Pressures for U.S. PEPFAR in Botswana | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | The State of Public Health in South Sudan | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | The Road to Recovery- Rebuilding Liberia’s Health System | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | DEMOCRACY IN TRANSITION: | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
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