The key messages from this article are (a) African countries should learn from their failed past adjustment policies; (b) development policies, including exchange rate regimes, should be predicated on ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct 7 2025 (IPS) - The World Bank's 1981 Berg Report provided the blueprint for structural adjustment, including economic liberalisation in Africa. Urging trade ...

This paper seeks to analyse the causes, manifestations, and trajectory of the economic crisis that has engulfed Africa since the early 1970s. It argues, contrary to orthodox analyses of conventional ...

The Journal of Modern African Studies offers a quarterly survey of developments in modern African politics and society. Its main emphasis is on current issues in African politics, economies, societies ...

Ghana’s women vendors and hawkers are hard to miss. Attired in bright colours and bold prints, they walk swiftly on capital Accra’s streets, bearing baskets with various items on their heads, as ...

On the 16th of May 2001 there was a protest against the financial exclusion of five hundred students on the campus of what was then the University of Durban-Westville in the city of Durban. A police ...