Managing Oil Wealth in Africa
Despite their oil wealth, the countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community still struggle with the "Resource Curse". Sharmini Coorey, Director of the IMF's Institute of Capacity De...
8 Jan 20139min
Towards a rebalancing of the Chinese Economy?
China's current account surplus has declined dramatically over recent years. Many economists believe this signals a much needed rebalancing of the world's second largest economy toward domestic source...
8 Jan 20136min
Understanding Financial Crises
Financial crises have been with us for hundreds of years. From the currency crisis of the Roman Empire to more recent events such as the 2008 financial meltdown, financial crises have been pervasive i...
8 Jan 20135min
L'intégration économique mondiale selon Kemal Dervis
Selon Kemal Dervis, trois tendances fondamentales sont aujourd'hui à l'œuvre au sein de l'économie mondiale : la convergence de la croissance des économies émergentes et avancées, l'interdépendance de...
8 Jan 20139min
Overcoming the Natural Resource Curse
Historically, countries that are rich in mineral and commodity resources, like oil, copper or coffee, for example, have had lower rates of growth compared to nations which don't enjoy those advantages...
8 Jan 20138min
A New Course for Malawi
After a period of high growth between 2007 and 2010, Malawi's economic situation took a turn for the worst. Between 2010 and 2011, growth fell two percent from 6 and a half percent. But since April th...
8 Jan 20136min
Un nouveau cap pour le Malawi
Après une période de forte croissance entre 2007 et 2010, la situation économique du Malawi s'est détériorée. Le taux de croissance qui se situait à 6,5 % en 2010 a perdu 2 points en 2011. Cependant, ...
8 Jan 20136min
L'economie chinoise ralentit
La croissance de l'économie chinoise se modère, mais cela n'est pas nécessairement négatif. Le FMI dresse un bilan de la deuxième économie de la planète.
8 Jan 201311min
