Enterprise Africa - Research

Enterprise Africa - Research

Community Conservation in Namibia

Devolution as a Tool for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor
Karol Boudreaux | Oct 11, 2010
Over the past 15 years, more than 50 conservancies have formed and more than 20 are awaiting government approval. Creating these conservancies is a time consuming and costly process.

A Better Brew for Success

Economic Liberalization in Rwanda’s Coffee Sector
Karol Boudreaux | May 12, 2010
This paper analyzes the recent transformation of Rwanda’s coffee sector. It begins with a brief discussion of the history of coffee production in Rwanda, then focuses on government efforts since the…

Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa

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Economic Affairs
Karol Boudreaux | Mar 08, 2010
As a result of a very long history of discriminatory legislation, black South Africans suffered substantial harms at the hands of past governments. Following the political transition in 1994, the new…

Book Review: Paul Collier's Wars, Guns, and Votes

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Economic Affairs
Daniel Sacks | Dec 01, 2009
In his latest book, Wars, Guns and Votes, Oxford development economist Paul Collier makes the case for the use of military intervention in developing countries. However, Collier’s call for…

Book Review of Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

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Review of Austrian Economics
Johan van der Walt | Nov 16, 2009
Dambisa Moyo’s new book, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa, has received a great deal of attention in the last few months. Moyo’s book is a must-read for any…

Land Reform as Social Justice: The Case of South Africa

Karol Boudreaux | Oct 2009
In his 1976 work Law, Legislation and Liberty, F.A. Hayek discusses the concept of social justice, pursued by redistributing resources acquired through an unplanned and impersonal market order, to…

Land Tenure Security and Agricultural Productivity

Daniel Sacks, Karol Boudreaux | Sep 2009
In mid-July, the G-8 nations announced a $20 billion commitment to help farmers in developing countries increase their food production.1 Although these efforts are intended to increase food supplies…

Halting Hunger

Long-term Solutions to Systemic Problems in African Agriculture
Daniel Sacks | Jul 2009
Government intervention and interference in agricultural markets prevents the growth of commercial agricultural sectors and decreases the ability of African farmers to improve their standards of…

Land Conflict and Genocide in Rwanda

Karol Boudreaux | Jul 11, 2009
In his 2005 best-selling book Collapse, Jared Diamond argues that some societies “choose to fail or succeed.”  One of the cases he explores in his book is the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, which he calls…

The Role of Entrepreneurship in Conflict Reduction in the Post-Genocide Rwandan Coffee Industry

Jutta Tobias, Karol Boudreaux | Jun 2009
Entrepreneurship is widely acknowledged as a catalyst for poverty reduction and economic development. This paper presents evidence from a field survey conducted during the summer of 2008 among a…
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Karol Boudreaux

Karol Boudreaux is an affiliated senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center. Her primary research interests are the institutional analysis of property rights, land tenure, natural resource management, and international development.

Paul Dragos Aligica

Paul Dragos Aligica is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, and Senior Fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at George Mason University.
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African Development, U.S. Trade Policy, and Human Rights

Karol Boudreaux, Jeffrey Krilla, J.D. | September 21, 2010
A number of serious legal and institutional barriers deter economic development and the advancement of human rights in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Continuing Legal Education: Legal Challenges in African Development and Their Impact on U.S. Policies to Promote Trade and Human Rights

Karol Boudreaux, Jeffrey Krilla, J.D. | September 21, 2010
Continuing Legal Education: Legal Challenges in African Development and Their Impact on U.S. Policies to Promote Trade and Human Rights