Finance

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture: Sustainability and Growth in Investments from Private Sector, but Banks Overcharge

The expected gains of the N450billion Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) special credit portfolio set aside by…

11 years ago

WTO and Aid for Trade: Connecting to Value Chains

The WTO has announced the agenda for the Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade to be held on 8-10…

11 years ago

IMF Facility for Mali: And Hopes for a Resumption of Growth

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 10 million…

11 years ago

PwC, South Africa: Africa Rising

Africa is rising. These days, one cannot pick up a newspaper or magazine without coming across an article or some…

11 years ago

European Council’s President, Herman Van Rompuy: Unlocking Opportunities for Growth and Competitiveness

"Unlocking opportunities for growth and competitiveness" Keynote opening speech by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy at the…

11 years ago

The BRICS Leaders’ Summit: Rich Outcomes

President Jacob Zuma hosted the Fifth BRICS Summit in March 2013 in Durban, South Africa under the theme: “BRICS and…

12 years ago

The Fed’s Flawed Model

In May 22 testimony to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke issued another of many similar…

12 years ago

Revenue Watch: 4 out of 5 Companies Fail in Good Governance

The Resource Governance Index (RGI) measures the quality of governance in the oil, gas and mining sector of 58 countries.…

12 years ago

Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Group: Fiscal Policy Redux

As part of their response to negative shocks coming from advanced economies after the Lehman Brothers' collapse in 2008, most…

12 years ago

Vladimir Putin Talks About BRICS

BRICS' relatively new phenomenon attracts increased global attention due to the optimistic predictions about its development, especially against the backdrop…

12 years ago