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Regions: Africa


World Economics presents a special collection highlighting the key economic activities in Africa and the wider global issues.

Editors Choice:



  Counting the Bottom Billion
What do the statistics from the international databases tell us about income and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa? Less than we would like to think. World Economics looks from a starting point in per capita GDP estimates in Africa.


  Gabon's Economic Potential
Gabon: 50 years after independence from France will its market orientated strategy to achieve emerging nation status be realised?



  Trade Out of Poverty
Integration into the world economy has proven a powerful means for countries to promote economic growth, development, and poverty reduction. Governments need to focus on trade policy towards developing countries to improve the lives of the poorest


  Boosting Infrastructure Investments in Africa
The absolute and relative lack of infrastructure in Africa suggests that the continent’s competitiveness could be boosted by scaling up investments in infrastructure.


  Malthus Postponed
World Economics examines the potential to promote palm oil production in the tropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa.


  Connecting the African Continent
This paper provides an overview of the contribution of economic infrastructure to growth and human development in Africa


  Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub Saharan Africa’s growth bounced back to 5% in 2010 following a slowdown to 2.8% in 2009 because of the GFC.

 

More papers on Africa:



  A New Challenge
Over the last five years there has been a noticeable shift in focus among oil and gas companies active in the continent of Africa.


  Vibrant Africa Continues to Attract
The global economic crisis left Sub-Saharan countries relatively unscathed. There are a number of reasons for this, but one crucial factor has been the relative lack of integration of the economies of most Sub-Saharan countries with the world economy


  Africa's Water
Water underpins the whole of Africa’s economy, be it municipal, agricultural, industrial or mining, and is, unfortunately, often a critical factor in limiting economic growth or peace and stability.
  Africa - the Next Success Story?
In the light of unreliable official statistics and the highly selective information often presented by investment companies with an incentive to highlight the positive, this article aims to provide some extra analysis to add to the recent widespread comments on high growth rates within the continent


  The EU’s Trade Policies and Africa’s Exports
Trade barriers exist to key African exports, which make it difficult for the continent to take advantage of the growth-enhancing benefits of trade or to follow an export-orientated development plan, leaving Africa dependent on the world price of natural resources and minerals such as oil, copper and diamonds.


  Global Financial Crisis, Protectionism and Current Account Deficit
The recent financial and economic crisis, and the resurgence in the popularity of emerging markets has raised fears in these economies of a resumption in capital flight or a sudden stop of capital inflows.


  Further Fallout from the Global Financial Crisis
We examine the recent credit slowdown in emerging markets from three analytical angles.

  The Health and Wealth of Africa
Among Africa’s problems, chronic poverty and poor health stand out. Traditional development thinking has maintained that health improvements are a consequence of income growth. But new evidence shows that investing in health, with the aid of the international community, could make a big difference in Africa’s economic prospects.


  Can Africa Catch Up?
This paper shows that Africa is marginal to the world economy, but that the world economy is very important for Africa.



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