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Eskom and South Africa’s energy crisis: De Ruyter book strikes a chord but falls flat on economic fixes
By Abdi Ismail Samatar, Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria The former chief executive of South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has written a scathing critique of the ruling party’s practices that…
5 steps you can take to manage a hike in interest rates
Many households are feeling the financial pinch caused by the rising cost of living.
Three priorities Africa’s newbie on the World Bank board should focus on
Executive directors must approve all World Bank loans and guarantees, country assistance strategies, the administrative budget of the Bank, and the Bank’s key operational policies and procedures.
Energy prices: Here’s what UK government can do to cut household bills
Support for investment in renewable energy needs to be changed, moving the burden from consumers to investors.
The US was not prepared for a pandemic – free market capitalism and government deregulation may be to blame
Spending on health care in the US, including on hospitals, medications and private insurance, has more than tripled in the past 60 years.
The World Bank and IMF are using flawed logic in their quest to do away with the informal sector
Tax evasion does indeed exist, including in a subset of the informal economy.
Nigeria’s digital currency: what the eNaira is for and why it’s not perfect
Before central bank digital currencies, the only way consumers could use money that is a direct liability of a central bank was with physical cash.
Work as we knew it has changed. Time to think beyond the wage
The ways in which people think about ‘work’ are increasingly out of step with the everyday realities of work for most people in the world.
Independence is at the heart of the African Development Bank’s ability to be effective
The AfDB is one of four main regional banks of the world. The other three are the Asia Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and European Bank for Construction and Development.