Promoting women and youth financial inclusion for entrepreneurship and job creation : comparative study of selected sub-saharan african countries

Following the Alliance for Financial Inclusion framework, the project assessed women and youth financial inclusion through four lenses: access, usage, quality and welfare. Conducted by the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) the study identifies and evaluates the effectiveness of existing financial inclusion initiatives in achieving desired goals. It compares approaches, gauges impact, tracks progress and draws lessons for policy makers, regulators and service providers. The report reviews regulatory, policy and institutional frameworks that influence inclusion or exclusion of women and youth and assesses the nature and scope of public policy initiatives in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Zambia

China and African Development: Partnership not Mentoring

This article states the conclusions of major field research into the impact of Chinese public and private economic activity on governance in Africa. China has gone into parts of Africa and sectors of African activity where Western actors have been reluctant to venture, yet receives criticism for not reaching standards of governance which the West itself is not able to apply. The Chinese go into Africa on a basis of equality and partnership but are unclear how to impose standards of conduct which are not integral to a consensual relationship or how to guide the development of standards which they do not have at home. China is itself engaging in a continuing process of economic reform and increasing privatisation. Nonetheless, it has developed a doctrine of effective governance in Africa which stresses responsibility and accountability, provision of basic services and social stability, a central Chinese objective at home and abroad