Hany Besada
Biographic Data
| ID | 3087361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hany Besada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hany |
| FAMILY NAME | Besada |
| SIGNATURE | BESADA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2701-3288 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Policy impacts on Ghana's extractive sector: The implicative dominance of gold and the future of oil
Did the Millennium Development Goals Work?: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons
Leading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions use area-specific case studies to critically assess the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) project and its impact.
Did the Millennium Development Goals Work?: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations were deliberately ambitious, and they have been the subject of much debate. Now, with the 2015 target date for many of the goals having passed, it is time to assess the goals and attempt to determine whether they were effective. Gathering leading scholars from a range of backgrounds and regions, this book offers an in-depth exploration of that question, with the aim of better under…
Did the Millennium Development Goals Work: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons
China’s Energy Strategy in the Mena Region
China is in dire need of energy resources to sustain its economic growth. In recent years, China has been turning more to Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East, as well as Sudan in North Africa, as trading partners to secure its energy supply. This article explores China’s energy strategy in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region through case studies of China’s energy diplomacy with Saudi Arabia and Iran. It argues that China’s energy…
Maturing Sino–Africa relations
It is argued that China’s relationship with Africa has transformed into one defined by a dynamism and African agency, thereby lessening the hold the former previously had on Africa in the early days of this evolving alliance. First, the authors will conduct a literature review of historical Sino–African relations, from the early Han dynasty to its contemporary manifestations. The second section will continue with this analysis by focusing exclusi…
Crafting an African Security Architecture: Addressing Regional Peace and Conflict in the 21st Century
Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Sustainable Energy for All: The Governance Reform Debate
This article contributes to an improved understanding of the thematic areas of fossil fuel subsidies and universal energy access and outlines steps toward increasing the adoption of sustainable energy solutions in developing countries. Keeping in mind contradictions, it highlights the contemporary debate about the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies and the United Nations' Sustainable Energy for All initiative. It outlines policy options for imp…
South Africa in the BRICS: Soft Power Balancing and Instrumentalization
This paper investigates South Africa’s participation in the BRICS formation and the implications of its inclusion for the country, the continent, and global governance. It argues that by joining the BRICS grouping, South Africa is reinforcing neoliberalism in Africa, with markets being liberalized across the continent, trade and investment becoming the focus, and social and environmental protection remaining a distant concern. Meanwhile, other co…
Mining codes in Africa: Emergence of a ‘fourth’ generation
A burgeoning interest among academics, policy-makers and civil society groups has developed concerning Africa's extractive sector and particularly its mining codes, which are now at the centre of a wider policy debate over natural resource governance and economic development on the continent. This article reviews the evolution of Africa's regulatory codes in the mining sector, which has undergone what Bonnie Campbell describes as ‘three generatio…
Zimbabwe: Picking up the Pieces
Formerly one of Africa s most promising economies, Zimbabwe has begun a process of economic reconstruction after decades of political turmoil and economic mismanagement. The advent of a national unity
Social challenges and progress in Ibsa
The India–Brazil–South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum was launched in June 2003 to push for these countries' bids for a place on the United Nation' Security Council, but IBSA's attention has shifted over time towards development and economic reform. This article discusses the progress in addressing social development challenges within the member countries of IBSA. It examines the social achievements of IBSA members, in the context of their economic…
From Civil Strife to Peace Building: Examining Private Sector Involvement in West African Reconstruction
Foreign investment in Africa: Challenges and benefits
Foreign direct investment in Africa has not sparked the benefits that policy makers had hoped for. This article looks at some of the problems that are preventing this growth and highlights the positive developments in parts of the continent. Notes Hany Besada is a researcher with the Business in Africa project at SAIIA
Mining codes in Africa: Emergence of a ‘fourth’ generation
A burgeoning interest among academics, policy-makers and civil society groups has developed concerning Africa's extractive sector and particularly its mining codes, which are now at the centre of a wider policy debate over natural resource governance and economic development on the continent. This article reviews the evolution of Africa's regulatory codes in the mining sector, which has undergone what Bonnie Campbell describes as ‘three generatio…
Maturing Sino–Africa relations
It is argued that China’s relationship with Africa has transformed into one defined by a dynamism and African agency, thereby lessening the hold the former previously had on Africa in the early days of this evolving alliance. First, the authors will conduct a literature review of historical Sino–African relations, from the early Han dynasty to its contemporary manifestations. The second section will continue with this analysis by focusing exclusi…
South Africa in the BRICS: Soft Power Balancing and Instrumentalization
This paper investigates South Africa’s participation in the BRICS formation and the implications of its inclusion for the country, the continent, and global governance. It argues that by joining the BRICS grouping, South Africa is reinforcing neoliberalism in Africa, with markets being liberalized across the continent, trade and investment becoming the focus, and social and environmental protection remaining a distant concern. Meanwhile, other co…
Foreign investment in Africa: Challenges and benefits
Foreign direct investment in Africa has not sparked the benefits that policy makers had hoped for. This article looks at some of the problems that are preventing this growth and highlights the positive developments in parts of the continent. Notes Hany Besada is a researcher with the Business in Africa project at SAIIA
From Civil Strife to Peace Building: Examining Private Sector Involvement in West African Reconstruction
Social challenges and progress in Ibsa
The India–Brazil–South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum was launched in June 2003 to push for these countries' bids for a place on the United Nation' Security Council, but IBSA's attention has shifted over time towards development and economic reform. This article discusses the progress in addressing social development challenges within the member countries of IBSA. It examines the social achievements of IBSA members, in the context of their economic…
Zimbabwe: Picking up the Pieces
Formerly one of Africa s most promising economies, Zimbabwe has begun a process of economic reconstruction after decades of political turmoil and economic mismanagement. The advent of a national unity
South Africa in the BRICS: Soft Power Balancing and Instrumentalization
This paper investigates South Africa’s participation in the BRICS formation and the implications of its inclusion for the country, the continent, and global governance. It argues that by joining the BRICS grouping, South Africa is reinforcing neoliberalism in Africa, with markets being liberalized across the continent, trade and investment becoming the focus, and social and environmental protection remaining a distant concern. Meanwhile, other co…
Mining codes in Africa: Emergence of a ‘fourth’ generation
A burgeoning interest among academics, policy-makers and civil society groups has developed concerning Africa's extractive sector and particularly its mining codes, which are now at the centre of a wider policy debate over natural resource governance and economic development on the continent. This article reviews the evolution of Africa's regulatory codes in the mining sector, which has undergone what Bonnie Campbell describes as ‘three generatio…
Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Sustainable Energy for All: The Governance Reform Debate
This article contributes to an improved understanding of the thematic areas of fossil fuel subsidies and universal energy access and outlines steps toward increasing the adoption of sustainable energy solutions in developing countries. Keeping in mind contradictions, it highlights the contemporary debate about the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies and the United Nations' Sustainable Energy for All initiative. It outlines policy options for imp…
Maturing Sino–Africa relations
It is argued that China’s relationship with Africa has transformed into one defined by a dynamism and African agency, thereby lessening the hold the former previously had on Africa in the early days of this evolving alliance. First, the authors will conduct a literature review of historical Sino–African relations, from the early Han dynasty to its contemporary manifestations. The second section will continue with this analysis by focusing exclusi…
Crafting an African Security Architecture: Addressing Regional Peace and Conflict in the 21st Century
Did the Millennium Development Goals Work?: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons
Leading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions use area-specific case studies to critically assess the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) project and its impact.
Did the Millennium Development Goals Work?: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations were deliberately ambitious, and they have been the subject of much debate. Now, with the 2015 target date for many of the goals having passed, it is time to assess the goals and attempt to determine whether they were effective. Gathering leading scholars from a range of backgrounds and regions, this book offers an in-depth exploration of that question, with the aim of better under…
Did the Millennium Development Goals Work: Meeting Future Challenges with Past Lessons
China’s Energy Strategy in the Mena Region
China is in dire need of energy resources to sustain its economic growth. In recent years, China has been turning more to Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East, as well as Sudan in North Africa, as trading partners to secure its energy supply. This article explores China’s energy strategy in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region through case studies of China’s energy diplomacy with Saudi Arabia and Iran. It argues that China’s energy…
Policy impacts on Ghana's extractive sector: The implicative dominance of gold and the future of oil
Economics (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Development economics (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · International Development and Aid (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Business (4 works) · China (4 works)