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East African Currency Still Viable?

Last year at the launch of the East African Community Common Market, we wrote on the impending currency the trading bloc hoped to introduce in 2012. However with the debt crisis afflicting the Eurozone at present, how plausible would a single … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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