Research Reports
‘Troubled Waters’ Sustaining Uganda’s Lake Victoria Nile Perch Fishery
by Alex Benkenstein
SAIIA Research Report No 9, October 2011
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Trade in Financial Services in Southern Africa: What Room for Negotiators post-2008 Financial Crisis?
by Rosalind Thomas
SAIIA Research Report No 8, February 2011
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Securing a Social Licence to Operate? From Stone Age to New Age Mining in Tanzania
by Alison Goldstuck and Tim Hughes
SAIIA Research Report, No 7, February 2010
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New Thinking on the Governance of Water and River Basins in Africa: Lessons from the SADC Region
by Anthony Turton
SAIIA Research Report, No 6, February 2010
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Untangling the Nets: The Governance of Tanzania’s Marine Fisheries
by Mariam January and Honest Prosper Ngowi
SAIIA Research Report, No 5, February 2010
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Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Forestry Governance in the DRC
by Mari-Lise du Preez and Kathryn Sturman
SAIIA Research Report, No 4, June 2009
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Strategies for Effective Policy Advocacy: Demanding Good Governance in Africa
by George Katito and Faten Aggad
SAIIA Research Report, No 3, June 2009
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What's Urdu for Biltong? Can South Africa Help Pakistan?
by Kurt Shillinger (ed)
SAIIA Research Report, No 2, February 2009
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Transport Services in SACU: Accelerating Harmonisation and Liberalisation
by Tsidiso Disenyana and Nkululeko Khumalo
SAIIA Research Report, No 1, February 2009
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China in Africa Policy Reports
The China in Africa Policy Reports, published by SAIIA in 2007 and 2008, identify key areas governing Sino-African relations, provide a more substantive examination of these issues, and analyse the various angles. Through policy-oriented research this series aims to assist government, civil society, trade unions and others to effectively deal with China's presence on the continent.
Trade Policy Reports
SAIIA's Trade Policy Report series, published between July 2003 and September 2008, covers a range of trade-related issues. Topics include matters such as South Africa's current account deficit, intellectual property rights and South-South economic co-operation.
SAIIA Reports
The SAIIA Report series, published between 1997 and 2007, includes in-depth reports on various topics, ranging from South Africa’s foreign policy to issues of governance and development.
SAIIA Country Reports
The SAIIA Country Report series, published in 2001 and 2002, includes a detailed look at various countries in Africa and beyond. In exploring the political economies of these countries, the report series touches on many critical issues relating to international relations, including conflict and security and international diplomacy.
EU & Africa Country Reports
The EU and Africa Country Report series, compiled in 2006, offers an historical overview of certain EU member states' policies towards Africa.
Business in Africa Reports
Between 2004 and 2007, SAIIA's Business in Africa Project produced a series of reports on the experience of firms conducting business in a number of African countries.
Nepad Policy Focus
The Nepad Policy Focus report series, launched in December 2004, identifies key priorities for Africa, stimulates innovative thinking, and tackles critical elements of the Nepad agenda to promote public debate about the continent's future.
Global Best Practice Report Series
SAIIA's Global Best Practice report series, produced in 2005 and 2006, offers case studies of various sectors and issues, with the aim of assessing their potential applicability in the African developmental context.
Parliaments of the South Reports
The Parliaments of the South Reports, produced in 2004 and 2005, emanated from SAIIA's Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries project. Each report focuses on a specific parliament in one of the 13 SADC countries. The analysis presented in each report is based on specialist primary and secondary research conducted into the state of parliamentary democracy in that country. The reports then make recommendations on how parliamentary democracy might be improved, strengthened and sustained:
