Orelatório Perspetivas Económicas em África preenche uma lacuna de conhecimento essencial sobre as diversas realidades socioeconómicas das economias africanas, através de uma análise frequente, rigorosa e comparativa. Fornece previsões de curto a médio prazo sobre a evolução de indicadores macroeconómicos essenciais para os 54 países-membros regionais, assim como a...

La série « Perspectives économiques en Afrique » permet de combler une lacune importante dans les connaissances des diverses réalités socio-économiques des économies africaines grâce à des analyses régulières, rigoureuses et comparatives. Elle fournit des prévisions à court et moyen terme sur l’évolution des principaux indicateurs macroéconomiques pour les 54 pays ...

For years, low-income city residents have dealt creatively with the global reduction of state services. The Covid-19 pandemic requires a different scale of response.

For years, low-income city residents have dealt creatively with the global reduction of state services. The Covid-19 pandemic requires a different scale of response.

In the Nigerian city of Jos, everyday life is shaped by interlacing rhythms of disconnection and reconnection. Petrol, electricity, water, etc., come and go, and in order to gain access inhabitants constantly try to discern the logics behind these fluctuations. However, the unpredictable infrastructure also becomes a system of signs through which residents try to u...

In the Nigerian city of Jos, everyday life is shaped by interlacing rhythms of disconnection and reconnection. Petrol, electricity, water, etc., come and go, and in order to gain access inhabitants constantly try to discern the logics behind these fluctuations. However, the unpredictable infrastructure also becomes a system of signs through which residents try to u...

Recently, our research project ‘Infrastructure as Divination: Urban Life in the Postcolony’ received funding from the Swedish Research Council. This three-year project explores the often overlooked qualitative aspects of infrastructure, and focuses on how the inhabitants in the Nigerian city of Jos try to predict the comings and goings of the  infrastructure, as we...

Recently, our research project ‘Infrastructure as Divination: Urban Life in the Postcolony’ received funding from the Swedish Research Council. This three-year project explores the often overlooked qualitative aspects of infrastructure, and focuses on how the inhabitants in the Nigerian city of Jos try to predict the comings and goings of the  infrastructure, as we...