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Recent Publications

The Political Economy of Coffee in the Sidama–Gedeo–Guji Belt, Southern Ethiopia
This report is part of a wider research project on the political economy of coffee in Ethiopia in the context of the political transition since

SHECONF 2026: International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities
Event report On 26 March 2026, researchers, practitioners and academics gathered in Addis Ababa for SHECONF 2026, an International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities

State Capture in Africa: How elite networks undermine democracy, development and security
Key points State capture has been increasingly recognized as a major governance challenge due to the way it helps to drive many of the most