Nowhere in the world is China’s rapid rise to power more evident than in Africa. From multi-billion dollar investments in oil and minerals to the influx of tens of thousands of merchants, labourers and cheap consumer goods, China’s economic and political reach is redefining Africa’s traditional ties with the international community.
Each year, the African Economic Outlook provides an in-depth analysis of a topic critical for Africa’s development prospects. The 2007 focus is on Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation. Some 10 million people have been given access annually to drinking water over 1990-2004 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The quickest way to empty a room is to mention the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Commentary on the state’s plans to take a more active, interventionist role in our economy is reaching fever-pitch.
Reality is a hard taskmaster. It can be the spoiler of grand ideals, but also the voice of reason. Within two weeks of each other, the European Union and the African Union held their mid-year summits:
The African Economic Outlook is a unique tool combining the expertise of the OECD Development Centre and the African Development Bank to understand the economic, social and political developments of African countries.
By the time you read this column a breakthrough in the Doha Round may just have occurred.
Ensuring food security and self-sufficiency remains a gargantuan challenge for Africa. Currently more than 200 million people suffer from chronic starvation and malnutrition and generally survive on donor food aid.
The liberalisation of trade in services is one of the most controversial issues in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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