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Fri. December 06, 2024

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What the global cash crisis means for Africa

Effects of the global financial crisis and the IMF's efforts at salvaging it within Africa. By Antoinette M. Sayeh (Sunday Monitor 03/01/2009) Read More...

'The Resource Curse': Why Africa's Oil Riches ...

Africa is cursed -- with riches. In an era of rising petroleum prices, African oil is drawing new interest from major companies around the globe. (Knowledge@Wharton, 10/31/2007) Read More...

Four Easy Pieces

AT a time when Africa could achieve so much success in escaping poverty, America's strategy for helping the continent is in a shambles. By Jeffrey D. Sachs(06/25/2005) Read More...

Africa 2009: Responding to the global financial crisis

The impact of the global economic crisis on Africa’s development prospects is already evident with growth in 2009 expected to average 3.3% roughly half its average since the beginning of the decade. ... Read More...

Microinsurance Innovation Facility calls for new proposals

In the field of Microfinance, the new product, Microinsurance attract the attention from development practitioner. ILO supports this movement to protect the working poor. (ILO, 02/17/2009) Read More...

Microfinance and the real economy: impacts and outcomes of the global economic crisis

The current economic and social crisis provides an opportunity to re-think values and business models in finance. ILO Online spoke with Bernd Balkenhol, chief of the ILO’s Social Finance Programme. (I... Read More...

Number Of Unemployed Women To Soar

Number of unemployed women to soar amid Economic Crisis, warns UN agency. (Scoop, 03/07/2009) Read More...

Africa must create its own biotechnology agenda

Building public support for genetically modified crops in sub-Saharan Africa means developing a homegrown solution to the region's own needs. By David Dickson(06/12/2007) Read More...

Poverty And Land Ownership

The right to own land is one of the keys to breaking the cycle of poverty, and a cornerstone of a free market democracy. ( VOA News.com01/07/2009) Read More...

WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA:

In the fifty years following the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, anthropology as a discipline has embraced a predominantly ethical... Read More...

Africa and Globalization

No other region has suffered during this period of globalisation as Africa has. African countries now face all the usual problems associated with this economic phenomenon. By James Mutethia ( Global ... Read More...

Into Africa: China's Grab for Influence and Oil

Amid festering concerns about China's burgeoning global power, Beijing has firmly set its sights on expanding its influence in Africa. By Peter Brookes (The Heritage Foundation 02/09/2007) Read More...

Africa risks losing gains

The Director of the Africa Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms Antoinette Sayeh, has said that the slowdown in the global economy, depicted by declining commodity prices and tighte... Read More...

IMF warns of slow African growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Africa's economic growth will be affected by the continuing world downturn. (BBC 03/09/2009) Read More...

Malaria eradication in Africa receives boost

Multinational Telecommunication Network (MTN) will soon unveil a new malaria eradication campaign programme to drastically reduce malaria deaths in Africa. By GNA(Myjoyonline.com 03/07/2009) Read More...

Feature: Africa, what is wrong? Leadership!!

Over the past decades development practitioners, economists and politicians have tried various measures and approaches to address and fix Africa’s socio economic challenges, but not enough have been a... Read More...

UN calls for end to violence against women

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for greater international action to end violence against women saying; (Myjoyonline 03/05/2009) Read More...

Poor being hit by crisis says IMF

The world's poorest countries are beginning to be hit by the global financial crisis, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). (BBC 03/04/2009) Read More...

Drug barons discover Africa

The price of cocaine is falling as traffickers use unstable nations such as Guinea as conduits. Perhaps the EU should stop them By Caroline Sourt (The Guardian o3/01/2009) Read More...

HIPC countries risk losing gains - Foon

Mr Momodou Foon, Acting Director General of West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), on Monday said post-HIPC countries risked losing the gains made through debt forgiven... Read More...

Africa: Getting the Continent on the Obama Agenda

George Clooney's meeting to discuss Darfur with Vice President Joe Biden and with President Barack Obama Monday night at the White House provided one of the first glimmers of Africa involvement from t... Read More...

The Complicated Task of Educating Future Leaders

A discussion of international relations eduation system and a call for Realism in the course of studies. By Alina Khasabova. (03/01/2009) Read More...

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Rebel Without a Hope

Behaving like an ageing rock star, Muammar Gadafy is on a doomed mission to create a United States of Africa. By Khaled Diab. (The Guardian, 02/21/2009) Read More...

Why aid is to blame for Africa’s dire economic straits

Dambisa Moyo’s new book, ‘Dead Aid’, argues that development aid to Africa is harmful and must stop. She explains why in this interview. By Aida Edemariam. (The Guardian, 2/19/2009) Read More...

The African in Him

A Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1984, Desmond Tutu who is a archbishop of Cape Town in South Africa came to USA and received an interview. He is talking about what today's world wants. (The Atlantic, 01... Read More...

Islamic Microfinance: An Emerging Market Niche

Islamic microfinance has the potential to expand access to finance to unprecedented levels throughout the Muslim world. At the same time, it has challenges. (CGAP, Aug, 2008) Read More...

Africa: The Next Boon for Private Military Firms?

Author discusses private military firms (PMFs) in Africa and issues concerning their involvement there. By Shaun Randol. (02/04/2009) Read More...

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Doha - A time of Crisis and Opportunity

In this time of recession in the world, to forcus on the MDG is quite difficult. However, many NGOs and International Organizations such as UNDP confirmed that we have to make maximum efforts for achi... Read More...

ECONOMY-JAPAN: Meltdown Prompts ODA Boost To Asia

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told the World Economic Forum (WEF) at the Swiss mountain resort of Davos on Saturday that Japan will provide 17 billion US dollars worth of aid to stimulate Asia’s ec... Read More...

Market-Based Solutions for Financing Philanthropy

For small business development and economic development, the development agencies provided quite a lot of fund to the poor and NGOs or put it into the project. However, now in the time of the globaliz... Read More...

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