Africa: Beyond Commodity Dependence
The volatility and price spikes of raw commodities has affected many regions in recent years—sub-Saharan Africa among them. This is because the price of a commodity can make or break the health of a c...
8 Jan 20137min
Inclusiveness Essential to Growth, says Acemoglu
A nation's poverty or prosperity may have as much to do with politics as economics, says Daron Acemoglu. He argues that more democratic countries with inclusive political institutions create sustained...
8 Jan 20136min
Policies Which Destroy Growth
Underdevelopment has often been blamed on bad policies adopted by national governments. Augustin Fosu has identified four such policies which he believes have been the cause of inefficiency, overregu...
8 Jan 20136min
Africa: From Agriculture To Services
In the last two decades, growth has accelerated significantly in most of sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers at the IMF have been exploring whether this high growth has also led to, what economists descri...
8 Jan 20137min
Slave Trade Leaves Economic Legacy
Decades after the end of colonial rule in Africa, and more than one hundred years after the official end of the slave trade in the US, the continent remains among the least-developed regions of the gl...
8 Jan 20136min
La résilience des pays en développement
Les pays émergents et en développement ont remarquablement résisté au récent marasme économique. De la crise asiatique des années 1990 à la crise de 2008, ils ont vite rebondi, prenant même de l'essor...
8 Jan 20136min
Utiliser les impôts pour réduire les inégalités
La crise financière mondiale a mis en évidence l'augmentation des inégalités de revenus dans le monde. Thomas Piketty a étudié cette disparité croissante ces dernières années et plaide en faveur d'une...
8 Jan 20139min
Endiguer la volatilité des prix
Devant la recrudescence de la hausse des prix des produits alimentaires et pétroliers, Samya Beidas-Strom, économiste au FMI, montre que la volatilité de ces prix peut être atténuée.
8 Jan 20139min
