How to understand the economic, political and humanitarian crisis that has brought a South American nation to its knees.
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South Africa will be well advised to start preparing itself for an International Monetary Fund programme as the country faces a deepening economic crisis.
China, Russia and the International Monetary Fund are among those contemplating a Venezuela bailout. But help for this debt-stricken nation seems far from assured.
The first Islamist attack carried out by Mozambicans in the country is particularly surprising given the pride the country takes in its sound and relaxed inter-religious relations.
The idea that South Africa must look towards the International Monetary Fund to rescue itself from the prevailing crisis must be dismissed.
The best news and analysis of Venezuela’s dangerous descent into crisis, written by local economists and political scientists who are living it every day.
Oil-dependent and led by a charismatic dictator with a chaotic economic policy, is Suriname the next Venezuela?
Domestically, Brazil is a mess. Now, its foreign policy is in crisis, too, landing a staggering one-two punch to this one-time rising star.
South Africa’s economic challenges of 2016 are largely a reflection of its inability to change in the light of global shocks.
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Professor of Economics and International Affairs, HEC Paris Business School
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Research Associate, Institute of the Americas, UCL
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Visiting research fellow, Australian National University
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Finance Instructor, Professional Studies Extension Programme, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
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Professor of African history, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Latin American Politics, Monmouth University
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Professor & Greenbaum/Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair in Real Estate Policy, Monmouth University
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Professor of Economics, University of Glasgow
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Doctorant en science politique, Université Laval
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Associate Professor, Human Geography and Urban Studies School of Social Sciences/ Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Human Geography, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor, Suriname History , Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies