Economics

The World Bank, which receives tens of billions of dollars from the US in hard cash and guarantees, has been facing strong criticism in the US challenging its existence.

If you take a nation’s mineral resources do you have a moral responsibility to also accept its people?

“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.” Joan Robinson           

Introduction

Wondering what your favourite sweater, daily cup of coffee and smartphone have in common? The answer is containers. Almost every consumer item that you’ve ever bought has seen the inside of a container during its journey to your home.

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

In 2015, important steps towards the conclusion of the TPP were made. But Trump’s election as the President of the US put a question mark about the TPP and the role the US played to make it materialise.

These days the African middle class is widely discussed as a phenomenon considered indicative of social change.

The participation of 15 university students in the essay writing competition in February 2017 in “Your voice matters” project under the FAHAMU-KIU partnership was quite fascinating.

Djibouti does not frequently feature in the headlines, but the leader of the tiny country in the Horn of Africa and his international partners recently touted this state of rocky mountains and extremely hot weather as the new Dubai, the Shekou of East Africa, and the rising African Singapore.

Addressing widespread poverty is the single most important policy challenge facing South Africa. Not only is poverty high when benchmarked against other emerging economies of the world, but also the rate of poverty reduction has been slow.

While few Canadians could find Zambia on a map, the Great White North has significant influence over the southern African nation.