“…This study attemps to glean a more accurate understanding of the real economy of the West Africa region, an economy which provides the basis for many livelihoods.The Study was carried on with the assistance of the European Commission, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, Belgium, Canada, France, the Netherlands and the United States…”

“…This book draws lessons from history, provides a new cognitive map of the world, and discusses multiple challenges global citizens will face in the age of Afrasia, an emerging macro-region. The centre of gravity of the world is shifting. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intellectual property and the public interest in Africa -- National IP policy frameworks in Africa -- Regional Economic Communities, trade, and IP -- Sub-regional IP organisations -- Key considerations in the development of a continental IP system -- Continental IP co-operation : PAIPO -- Intellectual property in the African continental free trade area -- Harmony or discord? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Executive Summary -- A Summary of the Discussions -- Prospects for the Global Energy Market -- An Overview -- A Political Perspective -- An Analytical Perspective -- An Economic Perspective -- National Strategic Energy Interests -- Energy Security and Unresolved Conflict in the Caucasus -- Prospects for Russian Energy -- Evolving Roles of Multilateral Organisations and the Private Sector -- Overview -- The International Energy Forum and Energy Security & Stability -- The View from Brussels -- Regional Challenges: the Middle East -- National Strategic Energy Interests and Creating Regional Stability in the Middle East -- Emerging Threats to Energy Security and Stability -- IRAQ: A Japanese Perspective -- Regional Challenges - North Africa -- Libya -- The North African Challenge -- Regional Challenges - the Caucasus Region - Caspian & Black Sea Basins -- Turkey & Nato -- Prospects for the Caucasus, the Corridor between Two Continents - Keynote Address -- Tatarstan: Euro Islam in the Volga Region -- Critical Energy System Infrastructure (CESI) - Emerging Threats to Shipping and Pipelines -- Shipping: Vital, Vulnerable and Little Understood -- The Straits of Malacca: Critical Sea-Lane Chokepoint -- Background Papers on the World Energy Market -- The Geo-Political Future of the Gulf -- China and Opec -- Egypt — a Promise Yet to be Fulfilled -- Egypt’s Race for Gas Export Markets -- Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Society -- Central Asia and the Caspian Basin -- Initiatives Emanating from the Workshop -- Initiative: Energy Security and Unresolved Conflict in the Caucasus -- Initiative on Pipelines Ports and Shipping Security - Building Public-Private Cooperation -- Energy Security & Nato Strategic Interests After 9/11 -- Press Coverage -- Epolitix -- Epolitix -- Bloomberg News -- The Times…”

“…This report is the first known stocktaking of its kind to provide a regional overview of state-owned enterprise (SOE) governance reforms and challenges across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Dreaming of Child Safe Organisations? / William Budiselik, Frances Crawford and Donna Chung -- Forty Years of Forensic Interviewing of Children Suspected of Sexual Abuse, 1974-2014: Historical Benchmarks / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- Protecting Children and Adolescents in Uruguay: Civil Society’s Role in Policy Reform / Amy Risley -- Regional Frameworks for Safeguarding Children: The Role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child / Julia Sloth-Nielsen…”

“…The intensification of human activities, the growing demand for animal proteins due to the population explosion and organized poaching (ivory, pangolin scales, etc.) are leading to increasing pressure on the wildlife of Central African forests. To respond to these threats, strategies are being put in place at the national and regional levels. …”

“…While this phenomenon may provide short-term solutions to poor households, in the longer term, it can seriously challenge the economic development of African countries. This study explores one particular aspect of the informal economy, namely informal cross-border trade in selected Sub-Saharan African countries, and identifies which trade facilitation measures (such as those currently negotiated at the World Trade Organisation) have the potential to encourage traders to switch from informal to formal trade. …”

“…This edited volume of peer-reviewed papers constitutes the first product resulting from the annual international conference series on the right to development, organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute at the University of South Africa. …”