Book abstract: How have monetary policies matured during the last decade?
The recent downturn in economies worldwide have put monetary…
The relationship between a nation's politics and its economic prospects is one of the most fundamental, and most studied, subjects in all…
How many times have we heard that the nation state is passé? That borders have disappeared, that distance is dead, that the Earth is flat,…
In his acceptance speech as Chairman of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in February 2010, President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi…
African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by threats from climate change. But, as…
Suppose that the world’s leading policymakers were to meet again in Bretton Woods, New HampÂshire, to design a new global economic order.…
The characteristics that distinguish most developing countries, compared to large industrialized countries, include: greater exposure to…
Lesotho and other least developed African countries responded impressively to the preferences they
were granted under the African Growth…
The paper studies forecasts of real growth rates and budget balances made by official government agencies among 33 countries. In general,…
The concept of good enough governance provides a
platform for questioning the long menu of institutional changes and
capacity-building…