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Kampala generates about 60% of Uganda’s GDP. In the coming decade urbanisation is the single largest opportunity to spur economic growth in the coming decade.
Financial inclusion has so far focused on enhancing a poor person’s cash flow. But it needs to involve more. Not enough consideration is given to encouraging poor people to build assets.
A new way of doing business in Africa is needed. The pursuit of profits needs to go hand in hand with community development.
The fortunes of the world’s remaining wild gorillas is linked to prosperity in the places where they live - hence the high price of tourist permits. But with economic development comes economic threats too.
Contrary to Western views, China is in Africa for business. Between 1998 and 2012, about 2000 Chinese firms invested in 49 countries on the African continent.
The fact that businesses cannot accurately calculate the cost of doing business in Nigeria because of corruption makes them jittery.But it doesn’t mean Nigeria is more corrupt than any other country.
The motive behind South Africa’s new visa regulations is noble. But the implementation needs to be adapted and improved to minimise the negative effect on the country’s tourism industry.
Economic growth and investment is supporting prison reform, but it will take time to root out deeply ingrained bad practice.
The Tianjin explosion may hurt the city’s economy. But it will hurt its corrupt officials more.
Peru’s economy is booming, but it has a terrible cocaine habit that could cause it problems.
Africa needs management graduates – but they must be taught with the continent’s specific challenges and requirements in mind.
Following in the footpath of China, India is seeking new state to state tie-ups. Australia should answer the call.
African cities are growing fast - and there are many reasons to be excited about this rapid urban development.
The technological transformation of China’s many factories has failed to bring with it an upgrade in working conditions.
The long-feared earthquake arrives in the middle of post-conflict reconstruction and a seven-year wait for a new constitution.
George Osborne’s favourite catchphrase has a long tradition.
Economic inequality and environmental degradation are closely linked – and stem from politicians’ fixation on economic growth at all costs.
Is the UK condemning itself to decades of underachievement and potentially terminal decline?
The cascade of US allies looking to join China’s new development bank should come as no surprise.
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Assistant Professor in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
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Research Active Lecturer, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham
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Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Osaka, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex
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Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Chair Professor of Business Analytics, University of Surrey
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
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Adjunct professor, Charles Sturt University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies; a CEPR Research Fellow; and Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford., University of Oxford
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Chair in Governance, University of Southampton