Tag Archives: Developing economies

Global economy is stabilising but weakness remains, say WEF chief economists(IOL)

According to the latest Chief Economists Outlook published yesterday, WEF said easing inflation and strong global commerce were fuelling cautious optimism for recovery but elevated debt levels are becoming a growing concern in both advanced (53%) and developing (64%) economies. Click here to read the full- text article

Brics relations can boost townships, says presidency (BL)

Ahead of Brics summit, Maropene Ramokgopa says bloc offers opportunities to develop township economies. Government policies should be tailored to encourage investment in the township economy, planning, monitoring & evaluation minister in the presidency Maropene Ramokgopa said on Tuesday.“We must leverage on our country’s enabling legislation to capacitate, support and accelerate township economies. To harness […]
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You say income, we say consumption: the difficulty in measuring inequality (Weforum)

By: Christoph Lakner, Mario Negre & Ani Silwal November 09, 2016 Source:  https://www.weforum.org

Africa in Transition » African Economies: Growing Quickly But Transforming Slowly

This is a guest post by Diptesh Soni. Diptesh is a master’s degree candidate at the Columbia University School …   GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: CFR  – African Transformation report   ” . . .  compares a group of fifteen African countries to the performance of sub-Saharan Africa at large, as well as […]
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