Botswana

A farmer in Manthralaya, India plows his field. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58925091@N00/136310496/">Ananth BS (Flickr)</a>

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Value Chains

Farmers invest 50 times more in farms than their countries get in aid

Those mangroves aren't just nice-looking - they could be delivering serious value to nearby farms just by staying put. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aramisfirefly/3306656930/in/photostream/">Matthew Stewart (Flickr)</a>

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10 African countries will put a price on 'natural capital'

A plot of mangroves could be harvested for $850, then the land sold for $9,000 to a shrimp farmer. Or, alternatively, it could stay standing and offer $16,000 worth of flood protection to everyone nearby.

A poster depicting the former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, who received the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership in 2007. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakoku/192550361/in/photostream/">Sakoku (flickr)</a>

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A Homegrown Solution to Fighting Corruption

It's not exactly earth-shattering news that corruption continues to plague the developing world.

Small farms dot an African hillside.Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dapperscoo/120062600/">Scott the Hobo (flickr)</a>

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Land distribution in Africa

Land reform anywhere, let alone in Africa, does not usually find itself dominating the front page headlines of any major newspapers. Perhaps it should.

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A Diamond in the Rough

Botswana is the home to the world's most richest diamond mine, and produces more gem quality stones than any country on the planet. But when it began renegotiating mining contracts in 2006, Botswana decided it no longer wished to depend on mining giant De Beers for

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Possible Breakup of World's Oldest Customs Union

Today's Business Week reports that a disagreement between the EU and South Africa is threatening the unity of the Southern African Customs Union, the world's oldest customs union.

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African Economies Not Liberal Enough

Today the Economist posted a briefing on the 2008 Freedom of the World report published by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, concluding that in recent years "African countries have made negligible

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Leadership in Botswana

Corporations are increasing their involvement in fighting HIV/AIDS, both as a dimension of social responsibility and as an effort to protect their workforce and clientele.

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