That African clothing exporters have seen their exports decline in the face of Chinese competition is not surprising. What is puzzling is that the decline has been far from uniform across countries.
The involvement of children in fighting forces continues to be widespread, undercutting security and blocking development in many fragile states.
This grant will support the development of HIV/AIDS prevention trial expertise in Botswana, Tanzania and Zambia using existing collaborations between Africa, Canada and the United States.
China has the largest internal migrant population in the world, and women account for nearly half of it. Fujian province has been a traditional source of large numbers of Chinese migrants to Southeast Asia and the United States.
African universities and research institutions are predominantly consumers of intellectual outputs from other regions. The continent remains marginal when it comes to the production and dissemination of knowledge.
Between 1965 and 2000, about 12% of the Caribbean labour force moved to Canada and other developed countries, making the Caribbean the largest per capita source of emigrants in the world.
As a result of the drastic drop in international prices, several traditional coffee-growing areas in Veracruz, Mexico, are experiencing an increased rate of migration to Mexico City and the United States.
Fifteen years of civil war and subsequent political and economic instability have forced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens to emigrate to countries around the world.
The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) is a consortium of 15 members comprising Arab research and policy institutes, and partners from the United States and Europe.
Negotiations around intellectual property rights (IPR) are increasingly a key factor in international trade and an important item on the international development agenda.