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The disappearing Lake Chad, 1963-2001

  I have been looking at the African Development Bank’s long term strategy (available here) and one of the figures that caught my eye was the extent to which Lake Chad has shrunk over the last 50...

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On the quality of higher education (and human capital development) in Africa

This post first appeared on the African Development Bank’s Integrating Africa Blog where I am a regular contributor.  UPDATE: I got an email from readers working with the Regional Initiative in Science...

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Ethiopia’s Gibe Dam Threatens Kenya’s Lake Turkana, and Why the Kenyan...

Six hundred miles upstream from the northern tip of Lake Turkana in Kenya, the Ethiopian Gibe III dam is nearing completion. According to Africa Confidential the dam will produce 1860 MW, making it the...

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