Tag Archives: Zambia
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
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
Discontent in SADC States.
Now that the world has it’s eyes gazed elsewhere following the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Southern African states will begin to show frustration at the performance of their governments. In the last few months, there have been protests and riots … Continue reading
Should Presidents Be Graduates? Niger & Zambia think so.
In Niger and Zambia, two countries that are undergoing a change to their referendums, it could be put in place that to become president, one must be a university graduate. Many of Africa’s governments were initially headed by the movements … Continue reading
