Category Archives: Natural Resources
The Economist: The World In 2011. Africa Focus.
Essential reading for any economist, is the seminal The Economist: The World In series. The 2011 edition has just been released, and just like Development Afrique did last year covering the 2010 edition, so we shall look at what was … 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
Water Scarcity In High Risk African Countries.
In a month where the World Water Week, and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit take place, the issue of water will be of crucial importance to African Development in the coming decades. Water is a basic human right, passed … Continue reading
Monetary Policy In Africa.
A mainstay of economic management in the developed world, the use of monetary policy in Africa has undergone many changes in recent times, changing from a monetarist approach of containing the integrity of the domestic currency against the US$ (Monetary … Continue reading
