Tag Archives: World Bank
Weekend Reading 5/11/2010
1. 2010 Human Development Report, The Real Wealth Of Nations: Pathways To Human Development. The annual United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on human development was released this week. Celebrated economist Amartya Sen provides input, the 236 annal retrospectively analyses development … Continue reading
Filed under Economic and Social Development
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
Interest In African Farmland: World Bank Report.
Developmentafrique, in one of it’s first posts, looked at the emerging investment going into Africa, namely land investments for energy and food security. The global financial crisis allowed deals to go through under the radar, but now that the effects … Continue reading
Filed under African Investment, Agriculture, Economic Growth
The Success of Cape Verde.
On a continent that has so many countries still taking their first steps towards economic development, the example being set by small Cape Verde is an illuminating example to the rest of the continent. Spread over an archipelago of 8 island, … Continue reading
