Tag Archives: Economies

Are South Africa’s cities being left out of the economic conversation?

In this @GIBS_SA research article, Glen Robbins critically examines how national economic and industrial policies have largely overlooked the role of cities, despite their central importance to growth. Title: A Tale of No Cities? The Neglect of Cities in South Africa’s Post-Apartheid National Economic Policies By Glen Robbins Abstract Cities and the economic processes they […]
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World Bank country classifications by income level for 2024-2025 (WB)

The World Bank Group assigns the world’s economies[1] to four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high. The classifications are updated each year on July 1, based on the GNI per capita of the previous calendar year. GNI measures are expressed in United States dollars[2] using conversion factors derived according to the Atlas method, which in its current […]
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23rd Annual global CEO survey (PWC)

As we enter a new decade, CEOs are showing record levels of pessimism in the global economy, with 53% predicting a decline in the rate of economic growth in 2020. This is up from 29% in 2019 and just 5% in 2018 – the highest level of pessimism since we started asking this question in […]
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Where to invest in Africa -2020 (RMB)

Where to Invest in Africa, analyzes  54 African economies according to their investment attractiveness.The latest publication returns to where it all began — focusing on the traditional and alternative sectors driving African countries to reach ever-higher levels of economic growth.   Download article here..

Why we need to rethink the informal economy (Weforum)

By: Michael Keen & Ravi Kanbur Source: wef.ch/1ejRyYc  June 8, 2015