The Ghanaian currency is facing structural hurdles.
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Ghana’s economy is in its most precarious state in decades.
Natural resource abundance in a country should not translate into a curse.
The black stuff is suddenly much more expensive – the question is whether smallhold farmers will see any of the proceeds.
Because Brazil’s economic prosperity in the last two decades is increasingly linked to the Amazon’s good health, restoring the country’s economy is a critical first step toward ending deforestation.
Ghana remains heavily dependent on primary commodity exports for foreign exchange earnings.
Deforestation in Brazil recently reached a 12-year high, prompting France to cut soybean imports from the country.
Global economic policy excludes low-income countries from the spending options that developed nations use to buffer their economies in times of crisis, and the pandemic has inflamed that inequality.
In times of trouble people still turn to gold. What makes it a safe haven? Largely perceptions, based on its historical mystique.
The Nigerian ministry of agriculture and rural development needs to focus on the adoption of modern rice processing techniques.
The greenback has taken a pounding in 2020, but it’s about to make a comeback.
Can a new government, perhaps by shoring up democracy and oversight, harness this commodity for peace and prosperity?
African economies could benefit more from backward linkages to the mining industry than from beneficiation.
Even if Asia buys most of the natural gas the U.S. will be exporting soon, America’s growing role in that market could wind up reducing Russia’s political influence in Europe.
There’s a good reason China took aim at US soybean exports when it announced its latest list of retaliatory tariffs.
It is no accident that practices of meditation and mindfulness have become so ubiquitous in our neoliberal times.
While sovereign governments need to develop coherent frameworks to regulate cryptocurrency, permanent solutions will be found through international co-operation.
Futures trading is driving up the price of Bitcoin but institutional investors remain cautious.
An analysis of Bitcoin’s fundamentals shows how much of a bubble its price has inflated to.
High streets are being taken over in a battle between specialty cafés and the
mega chains.
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