Kenya wants to keep the shilling’s value artificially high, but it will soon realise that foreign currency reserves, used for intervention, are not limitless
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There’s a need to support production and efficiencies in supply and distribution of essential goods and services in Kenya.
Various scholars weigh in on the state of Ghana’s economy, how it got into this situation and on the IMF’s involvement.
Inflation is perhaps the biggest poverty accelerator in the economy due to its weakening effect on people’s purchasing power.
The idea: to use the credit channel by making foreign banks bear the consequences of the devaluation of the Russian currency.
The Ghanaian currency is facing structural hurdles.
It may cost more to make a penny than a penny’s worth, but a penny saved may be more than a penny earned.
With foes of globalization seeing their voices trumpeted by Brexit and Donald Trump’s candidacy, the G20 needs to act as a counterweight that sounds a clear vision for a connected future.
Economic growth forecasts for Mozambique are being revised down. The country needs to safeguard economic stability by taking steps to break with the past.
To achieve its ambition of becoming a middle income country, Uganda must accelerate the movement of workers from agriculture and the informal sector into modern industries.
South Africa’s current economic situation is reminiscent of events in 1985 when the economy nearly collapsed. This article, first published last year, looks at the similarities.
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Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Ghana
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Distinguished Professor of Management & Global Business, Rutgers University
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Professor of Economics, University of Lagos
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Professeur de Finance, LEM-CNRS 9221, IÉSEG School of Management
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Senior Policy Analyst, The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)
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Associate professor, Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Associate Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Professeur de finance, LEM-CNRS 9221, IÉSEG School of Management