ORCID Profile
0000-0003-4071-4799
Current Organisation
University of Dar es Salaam
Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the Feedback Form.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 29-11-2018
DOI: 10.1111/POLP.12277
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-2020
DOI: 10.1111/POLP.12372
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 24-10-2019
Abstract: Even if data analysis in Africa has allegedly allowed analysts to expand the boundaries of inquiry, social science research in the continent has been hindered by several problems. Some of these problems could be viewed as subcategories of the idols that Francis Bacon had identified. We show in the present article that bad data lead to bad analyses, which in turn lead to misleading interpretations and misleading interpretations lead to a type of knowledge that is distinctively different from real and objective knowledge. We conclude by recommending that to avoid most, if not all, of the research problems in Africa, social science researchers should realize that social phenomena are embedded in an infinite web of relations from which only true meaning can emerge. It follows that, to gain a proper appreciation of such network of relations, social phenomena must be approached at various levels from different perspective.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-07-2021
DOI: 10.1111/IJSW.12440
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2013
DOI: 10.1111/POLP.12020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-2014
DOI: 10.1111/POLP.12062
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-2021
Abstract: Africa has experienced over a decade of sustained economic growth. However, since the outbreak of Ebola, there have been pertinent questions as to whether and what extent such outbreaks have developmental implications in the continent. It is in this context that this article investigates whether and to what extent the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affects the development of Africa’s economies. Using data from various international organizations, we show that the pandemic has indeed slowed down African economies, albeit in differing degrees across various regions of the continent. However, the slowdown is moderate compared with economies in high-income countries and the world economies as a whole. We contend that while it is difficult to predict when the crisis is going to end, the continent can navigate itself out of it by leveraging on the ever-increasing global prices of agricultural products and natural resources.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 08-04-2019
Abstract: This study assesses Sino-African cooperation with a view to understanding its nature and subsequently identifying ways to improve it. Using a mixed method that combined in-depth interviews, Afrobarometer, and Johns Hopkins’ China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) data, I find that, despite a few gains, China takes the lion’s share of benefits from the cooperation. Indeed, the balance of trade is skewed toward China, and there is very little Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing to Africa. Moreover, ‘debt trap diplomacy’ is crippling African economies, raising alarm over whether China intends to recolonize the continent. Also, while Chinese aid is negligible, the amount of contracts revenues and diplomatic support it gets from the continent makes one think Africa deserves more from the cooperation. Nevertheless, China, just like any other country, acts in its nation’s interest. Therefore, it is incumbent upon African countries to ensure that they demand more from the cooperation. In the end, to address China’s hegemony over Sino-African cooperation, Africa should prioritize the development of local content through technological and skill transfers, curb corruption, and build a critical mass of negotiators.
Publisher: Brill
Date: 21-02-2023
DOI: 10.1163/1821889X-BJA10055
Abstract: The prevalence of intimate partner violence ( IPV ) among women remains high around the world. Cash transfers ( CT s) are one potential avenue that can be used to reduce violence through women’s empowerment. The present study uses a mixed method, where both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed to compare the difference in the prevalence of IPV between CT recipients and non-recipients of CT s and among different categories of CT s. For quantitative data, a single difference estimation of the end-line cross-section data was used to assess the impact of Tanzania’s CT s on IPV . Results show that CT s have no impact on different forms of IPV , except a negligible impact in reducing physical violence. Moreover, thematic analysis of qualitative data suggests that cultural norms that subordinate women to men irrespective of women’s socioeconomic status are the channels through which IPV is perpetuated in Tanzania. Therefore, we recommend that CT s be designed in a manner that progressively transforms power relations in Tanzania. This would necessarily include having tailor-made gender training programs promoting efforts that seek to reform the legal framework that preserves masculine culture in Tanzania’s society as well as improving the functioning of police-based gender desks and social work departments across the country.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2019
DOI: 10.1002/POP4.256
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2018
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyze Africa’s progress along the developmental path in the past few decades, to understand what factors were responsible for such success and to identify the risk factors that may compromise further development in the region in the years to come. We advance three basic claims: that Africa has experienced an almost unprecedented (by its standards) level of economic success in the first 15 years of the new millennium, that this success was made possible by a combination of domestic and supranational conditions, and that some of the enabling conditions that supported Africa’s growth and development in the new millennium may be disappearing. The study also suggests that while African countries may not be able to influence the global conditions on which their economic success depends, they do have the ability to influence the domestic conditions. This is why, we suggest, in addition to ensuring longer and healthier lives for their citizens, African countries should consolidate democracy and promote good governance.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2018
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Date: 2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-10-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 29-05-2012
DOI: 10.1093/PA/GSS029
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2017
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-08-2021
DOI: 10.1177/00438200211025519
Abstract: The present article analyzes the debt–economic growth nexus in African countries while controlling for the impact of good governance indicators. In contrast to a long tradition of scholarship that has consistently suggested that government debt has a detrimental impact on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa, recent studies have actually shown that government debt, when coupled with improvements in the quality of government, is actually a driver of economic growth. By analyzing an original dataset that covers the 2002–15 period and additional debt–economic growth data going up to the year 2020, we are able to suggest three conclusions. First, in the absence of debt, good governance matters in improving economic growth. Second, some dimensions of governance are better predictors of economic performance than others—as the “good enough governance” literature has in recent years suggested. Third, under no circumstances is debt government growth beneficial for the economic performance of African countries. Building on this evidence, we suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic—which has already slowed down African economies and increased their debt exposure—may prevent African countries from making greater progress along the developmental path.
No related grants have been discovered for Abel Alfred Kinyondo.