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Large scale infrastructure projects like ports represent more than just financial investments.
Through articles written by academic experts in the course of the year, The Conversation Africa takes a look back at Ghana in 2022.
Usually when jobs and wages are rising, it’s a good thing, but right now they may signal higher odds of a nasty recession – and Americans aren’t ready for it.
Jiang oversaw China’s reemergence on the global stage, and sustained growth at home. But his policies also set the scene for excess and the growth of President Xi Jinping.
Start high, drop fast and avoid the free-riders: How to design subsidies that can boost clean energy in the US and elsewhere.
Natural gas projects in Africa might help reduce supply shortages temporarily, but they could soon become stranded assets.
With a square and a circle, the father of ecological economics and a founding architect of sustainable development redrew our understanding of the economy. It was revolutionary.
Voter demographics and policy priorities are two recurrent, big issues on Election Day – but shifts in election administration and voting laws are new challenges influencing the midterms.
A key issue for African countries is: how to contribute towards averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development.
The Fed is also beginning to reduce its massive balance sheet, which is beginning to cause disruptions in the $24 trillion Treasury market.
Various scholars weigh in on the state of Ghana’s economy, how it got into this situation and on the IMF’s involvement.
Nigeria’s 2023 budget could worsen the country’s cycle of deficits and debts.
Only months into the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss is on her way out already, leaving her government in search of a new leader and a way to regain public trust.
Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
Borrowers want to know when soaring mortgage rates will go down again.
Ghana’s sovereign risk has been downgraded to near junk status by ratings agencies in recent times.
A sales tax — a tax that’s stable, easy to administer and costs less to collect than income taxes — would stabilize Alberta’s volatile roller-coaster economy.
Lawmakers and courts in Ghana must strengthen protections for drivers of ride hailing companies
In the current economic climate, some businesses are building resilience by expanding into new markets
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