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    When the IMF comes to town: why they visit and what to watch out for

      Danny Bradlow, SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria   In most rich countries the news that a mission from...

    The AfCFTA needs a whole agreement approach to empowering women

      Nadira Bayat has worked extensively on the gender dimension of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), both as gender and trade expert with...

    Africa Is Not Europe’s Gas Station

      Mohamed Adow, Director of Power Shift Africa, a Nairobi-based think tank.   NAIROBI – Having been thrust to the front lines of a climate crisis we...

    Économie circulaire : comment transformer les modèles économiques existants ?

      Maria Figueroa-Armijos, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, EDHEC Business School   Les modèles économiques (ou business models) traditionnels, tenant pour référence le triptyque productiviste (exploitation, fabrication, mise...

    The Great Inflation Trade-Off

      Hippolyte Fofack is Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).   CAIRO – On May 4, the United States Federal Reserve...

    Using Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to build Resilience and Sustainability

      Ali Mansoor, Chairman of the Regional Multidisciplinary Centre of Excellence (RMCE)   As the COVID pandemic recedes many governments are faced with the need to build...

    Do we need growth at all?

      Selvin Thanacoody – Doctoral Student, School of Economics, University of East Anglia   Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has only started to be used as a measure...

    Taking Seriously the Move to Green Growth: Screening Dimensions of Environmental Progress in African SIDS

      Henri Casella, Senior Environmental Economist Consultant Jaime de Melo, Professor Emeritus, University of Geneva   Usually, countries take better care of their environment as they become richer, both...

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