Africa was one of the hardest hit regions by the world food crisis of 2007-08. This Atdf Journal on the Food Crisis helps document the crisis and the way forward with new data on food prices, production and trade at the aggregate and household level, focusing particularly on the influence of Africa’s own agricultural policies Read More …

  The African Technology Development Forum Journal Volume 4, Issue 4 looks at infrastructure-related issues and development with a special focus on stock, role of engineering, procurement and country experiences. It also takes a special look at the resource mobilization for development and innovation a least developed country.   Highlights: Inside this Issue Difference Within Peers: The Read More …

The African Technology Development Forum Journal Volume 4, Issue 3 looks at Africa’s competitiveness with a special focus on technological learning, emerging environmental, food and energy supply constraints and investment. It also takes a special look at the fight against malaria.

  This issue of ATDF Journal Volume 6 is devoted to the multifaceted nature and the changing face of educational institutions – ranging from low cost private schools to national vocational and professional systems. It also addresses the different and critical roles that education plays in society – as a tool for economic and social development, economic Read More …

    The ATDF Journal volume 4 issue 1 looks at information and communication technologies with a special f ocus on the opportunities that it offers to Africa, the challenges and the benefits as well as the policies that may be needed to realize these opportunities. Authors draw lessons from Africa and abroad to highlight some of Read More …

  Intellectual property rights (IPR) have become a subject of great  public interest over the last decade or so. Some see IPR as necessary for promoting innovation, technology transfer, trade and investment, among others, in developing countries while others see such rules as a way of denying them access to technology and overpricing technology products such as medicines and improved seeds, among others. Read More …