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By Hippolyte Fofack - Apr 15,2023
CAIRO — The sharp, almost synchronised, pivot by most of the world’s major central banks in raising interest rates has highlighted the growth-inflation trade-off that most countries now face.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Feb 05,2023
CAIRO — Despite containing 60 per cent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a net food importer for decades. According to the most recent estimates, food imports are the biggest budget item for many countries across the continent.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Dec 14,2022
CAIRO — Despite containing 60 per cent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a net food importer for decades. According to the most recent estimates, food imports are the biggest budget item for many countries across the continent.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Nov 20,2022
CAIRO — This month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt looks set to be a defining moment in what will surely be a pivotal decade for climate action.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Sep 07,2022
CAIRO — Since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, sovereign-debt crises have become a regular occurrence for emerging and developing economies.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Jul 25,2022
CAIRO — Since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, sovereign-debt crises have become a regular occurrence for emerging and developing economies.
By Hippolyte Fofack - May 15,2022
CAIRO — On May 4, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its benchmark interest rate by half a per centage point in an aggressive attempt to curb surging US annual inflation, which currently stands at a four-decade high of 8.3 per cent.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Mar 07,2022
CAIRO — The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which entered into force on January 1 last year, promises to accelerate the diversification of the region’s economies and reduce the impact of commodity-price cycles on growth.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Jan 06,2022
CAIRO – More than 20,000 Africans were killed in violent conflicts in 2020, an almost tenfold increase from a decade ago. Concurrently, and perhaps not coincidentally, Sino-American rivalry has escalated sharply.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Oct 27,2021
CAIRO — Economic policy debates about Africa are too often clouded by calls for population control and lower fertility rates. And the United Nations is fuelling the problem by projecting that Africa’s population will double by 2050.
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