Category Archives: Income Inequality
South African Rand Appreciation, Currency War.
The catch phrase in mainstream macroeconomic circles for the past few months has been ‘currency wars’, that is individual countries depreciating their currencies to encourage exports to improve their Current Accounts as well as promote employment and growth. This is … Continue reading
Corruption Perception Index 2010: Africa.
Transparency International has released it’s 2010 Corruption Perception Index. It must be stated, that this report is based only on ‘perceptions’, so there is no definitive statement to be made, despite data coming from serial compilers of such knowledge like … Continue reading
Book Review: The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier
Oxford University economist Paul Collier in 2007 released his highly acclaimed book, ‘The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it.’ Having just finished reading the book, it is indeed a very riveting … Continue reading
Links for the Weekend 3/9/10.
1. Ethiopian Currency Devaluation (Chris Blattman) and the implications for economic policy. 2. Millennium Development Goals Trailblazers. ( Centre For Global Development) With the MDG Summit a few weeks away, just who has made the most progress towards achieving the targets? 3. … Continue reading
