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Comment & Analysis
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Africa was hit hard by an economic crisis not of its own making. As political leaders take stock of the fallout, they must not forget that the aid and investment the continent so desperately needs can be found at home
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A political solution is the only way of stemming Zimbabwe’s crisis after a decade of economic freefall. Without it, the fragile recovery now underway will prove short-lived
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The West will break its aid pledges to Africa this year because of a lack of political will, and not as a direct result of financial crisis. As rich country governments take an axe to their budgets in coming years, the future of the Millennium Development Goals has never looked so bleak
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European authorities last week took unprecedented action to stem contagion from Greece’s debt crisis and prevent a break-up of the eurozone. But deeper questions about the single currency’s future remain unanswered, while euro hopefuls have begun to doubt the merits of joining an increasingly imperilled
currency union
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The Vienna Initiative helped avert a central and eastern European economic meltdown last year. But more remains to be done, as credit remains largely frozen and as Europe braces for more turmoil
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Speculation is mounting on when and by how much – not if – China’s renminbi will be allowed to rise. The theory is that a revaluation will help rebalance China’s – and the global – economy. What’s unknown is how the rest of Asia will be affected
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Market jitters over withdrawal of stimulus policies and looming asset bubbles in China are weighing heavy on domestic stocks. But what happens in China may well give warning of what happens to global markets when stimuli are unwound in advanced economies
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Asia emerged from the global economic crisis faster and more robustly than many expected. But the challenge for policy-makers remains how to rebalance the region’s growth model
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Paulo Valle, head of public debt operations at Brazil’s National Treasury talks about the sovereign's domestic and global debt strategies.
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The financial crisis shows that Latin America’s policy-makers have done their homework, says Chile’s central bank governor Jose de Gergorio
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The global financial crisis snowballed from an imbalance of financial development over strength – which proved the undoing of the world’s traditional financial powerhouses
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The food crisis is far from over for the poor in many developing economies. While prices may have fallen from their peaks, the factors which forced last year’s spike have hardly gone away.
Joachim Von Braun sets out a global policy agenda for tackling the scourge
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The international crisis offers several lessons for central banking, including making financial stability a key goal for every monetary authority on the planet, says Argentina's central bank governor Martin Redrado
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While international attention has focused on Iran’s disputed election, the state of the economy remains at the heart of the nation’s crisis, argues Ali Ansari
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Rich countries must lead the way in breaking the impasse with the developing world over carbon emissions, argues Nicholas Stern. Failure to do so – or to recognize that climate change and poverty must be tackled together – threatens the economic future of our planet
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The loss of financial wealth has had profound effects on the world economy. Claudio Loser looks at the sea of wealth generated over the past years and how the financial crisis has destroyed parts of it
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Africa will suffer more than any other region from the global crisis – in human terms. A sharp drop in aid flows is likely to worsen the impact
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Sovereign wealth funds could use their growing clout to kickstart a private market for SDRs, as part of wider efforts to manage global liquidity
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Pakistan’s economic policy-makers are playing with fire. Much-needed economic reforms are being squandered – and all with the blessing of the IMF. Without a radical overhaul of policy, the future looks bleak
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Against all odds Pakistan continues to shrug off the economic and political forces that threaten its survival
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