Articles tagged with: Development
FOR once an investment fad seems justified: the 21st century is shaping up to be that of the emerging markets, just as the 20th was America’s century and the 19th Britain’s. But that …
Foreign consumer-goods companies including Coca-Cola Co., Nestlé SA and Unilever PLC have been in Africa for decades without much competition from local players. Now, home-grown companies are expanding aggressively across the continent, …
The writer ( Obiageli K. Ezekwesili) is the World Bank Vice President for the Africa region.
Africa, south of the Sahara, today faces its brightest prospects in a generation.
Before dismissing this statement as yet …
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Summary: Just as China promoted domestic growth by combining state intervention with private investment, it is now applying this same policy strategy to countries across Africa. The results have been impressive, and the United States …
Your vision for Africa’s future is a controversial one. Do you really believe that aid is dead?
If aid were a private-sector business or a political system, it would definitely have gone by …
Zambian-born economist, Dambisa Moyo, talks about her new book, ‘Dead Aid’, and how she believes that stopping the flow of aid to Africa could help the continent escape the cycle of extreme poverty, …
It might surprise some that African business leaders are much more optimistic than the global average, which is what a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers shows.
The study, for which hundreds of executives were surveyed, …
Rwanda’s first bio-diesel bus has begun its inaugural trip from the capital Kigali to the town of Akanyuru on the border with Burundi.
The Rwanda Biodiesel Express runs entirely on oil plants, animal fats and even …
World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, and Global Economic Monitor are now free, open, and easy to access at:
data.worldbank.org
Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group …
