Can Nigeria's Buhari Seize This Momentum?

Godwin Haruna. 2015 promises to be Nigeria’s best opportunity to upturn years of rapacious rape by…


Democracy in Africa: Try Again

  John O. Ifediora.   In African societies, especially those found in West and Central…


Being fat is no longer a symbol of well-being in Africa; worse still, it is no longer fashionable.

As far back as the early 1960s when many African countries were gaining political independence, and…


Industrialization And Economic Growth in Africa

*Hinh Dinh, a Chief Economist at the World Bank, makes a compelling argument in this article. By…


Would Higher Salaries For Civil Servants In Developing Countries Serve As Effective Countermeasure To Bureaucratic Corruption?

CASADE EDITORIAL COMMENTARY. As a countermeasure, yes; but must be complemented with other relevant…


Judaism and economic performance: Can Africans benefit from the lessons of Jewish exceptionalism in secular existence?

 John O. Ifediora.  From antiquity to the present, Jews have lived in a wide assortment of…


Adam’s Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost

  Reviewed by Jake Okechukwu Effoduh (Assistant Director, CASADE).   King Leopold's Ghost…


Conference on Global Warming in Lima a Disappointment

Environmentalists have lampooned the outcomes of the recently-concluded Conference of Parties (COP)…