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Global Investment Comes Slowly to Africa shortest books" that people make jokes about. But Africa's economic story is beginning to develop new chapters, according to speakers at the recent Africa Business Forum organized by the Wharton African Students Association. The forum's theme was "Africa's Growth Engines."   |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Michael Klein |
Taking Care of Business Creating a better business environment is crucial for bolstering growth in Africa. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Evangelos A. Calamitsis |
The Need for Stronger Domestic Policies and International Support Globalization is a powerful engine of world prosperity, and it is certainly here to stay. Income disparities remain large. The basic issue is what policies and reforms are most likely to bring about sustainable economic growth for the benefit of all the peoples of the world. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Mohamed Daouas |
Africa Faces Challenges of Globalization |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Robert Sharer |
An Agenda for Trade, Investment, and Regional Integration The importance of enhancing sub-Saharan Africa's trade performance, which was very weak in the 1980s and 1990s, cannot be overemphasized. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 8, 2004
Julia Hanna |
African CEOs: A View from the Top It's a market with 700 million people---but it's highly fragmented. Here is what executives in Africa have to say about business and career opportunities on the continent. |
Parameters
Winter 2005/2006
Francis V. Crupi |
Why the United States Should Robustly Support Pan-African Organizations This article presents a rationale for why it should be the policy of the United States to robustly support pan-African sub-regional organizations that seek to have Africans help themselves. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Ernesto Hernandez-Cata |
Raising Growth and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can Be Done? Sub-Saharan Africa must increase economic growth to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This article discusses some obstacles to growth in the region, as well as some policy actions that would improve its prospects. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Harry G. Broadman |
Connecting Africa and Asia Improved Asian market access can boost Africa's exports, but Africa needs domestic reforms to fully capture the economic benefits |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Calestous Juma |
Africa's New Engine As Africa's middle class grows, policymakers should place a premium on regional economic integration and the associated investment in infrastructure, technical training, and support of entrepreneurs. |
Finance & Development
June 2009
Donald Kaberuka |
Straight Talk: Start This Engine Africa's policymakers should prepare for global recovery by priming their private sectors. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
G.E. Gondwe |
Making Globalization Work in Africa There is no doubt that economic growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa have lagged far behind those of other regions and that Africa is the region least integrated into the global economy. |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Renee Bonorchis |
Africa Is Looking Like a Dealmaker's Paradise In the wake of $15 billion in African takeover deals since summer, more global companies are expected to buy into the continent. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Gupta & Yang |
Unblocking Trade To underpin growth, Africa needs to adopt a comprehensive approach to boosting trade. Only by adopting a holistic approach can African economies succeed. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
David C. L. Nellor |
The Rise of Africa's "Frontier" Markets A number of sub-Saharan countries are beginning to attract investors to their financial markets |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 6, 2006
Martha Lagace |
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI After the fall of apartheid, South Africa accepted the standard prescription for countries to receive more foreign direct investment. Yet FDI has been a mere trickle. Why? The answer may reside in the country's strong corporate environment. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Wang & Bio-Tchane |
Africa's Burgeoning Ties with China Africa and China have been trading partners for centuries. But in recent years, the level and intensity of their relationship have increased dramatically. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2010
Tim Hanson |
The Way to Play Africa Africa is the continent with the most untapped potential. Will it ever be stable for U.S. investors? |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Paul Chabrier |
Growth Strategy for North Africa: A Regional Approach Independent business surveys show that private investors generally feel that the business environment in the region has many serious problems, such as excessive red tape and weak domestic institutions---particularly the legal and judicial systems. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Nsouli & Le Gall |
The New International Financial Architecture and Africa African countries have made progress on various elements of the new architecture, but more work is needed---in particular, to enhance transparency and accountability, implement standards and codes, and strengthen financial systems. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
The Final Investment Frontier Does Africa belong in your portfolio? |
Reason
October 2005
Ronald Bailey |
Data: Aiding and Indebting Despite the push to give to sub-Saharan African economies, evidence that aid boosts economic development is hard to come by. |
Food Processing
October 2011 |
Africa: The World's Next Great Economic Story Coca-Cola Co.'s Alexander Cummings recently spoke to Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research and African Leadership Academy about Africa's growing economic power. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Saleh M. Nsouli |
Capacity Building in Africa: The Role of International Financial Institutions This article reviews the evidence on the importance of domestic institutions for economic growth and examines the role of international financial institutions, and particularly the IMF and its training, in capacity building in Africa. |
Finance & Development
December 2011 |
Second Time Around Jeremy Clift profiles Nigeria's economic czar Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Bio-Tchane & Christensen |
Right Time for Africa Africa needs to build on its recent success to catch up. A forward-looking reform agenda should aim to maintain macroeconomic stability, improve the business climate, promote trade, and, most important, strengthen fiscal institutions. |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Campbell & Smith |
Mobile Firms in Africa Get Spotty Reception Multinationals are drawn to Africa's 300 million people who lack mobile access. But poorer customers mean slower profit growth. |
Reason
July 2005
Melinda Ammann |
Cry the Beloved Continent The Shackled Continent: Power, Corruption, and African Lives, by Robert Guest posits that Africans are poor because they're poorly governed. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Seyni N'Diaye |
The Role of Institutional Reforms ...It is precisely from this restrictive regulatory framework that African countries must extricate themselves if they are to realize their true potential in the global economy... |
Finance & Development
December 2006 |
Letters to the Editor Corruption Taking Its Toll on Growth... A Missed Opportunity... Financial Sector is Key to Africa's Growth... |
Finance & Development
December 2011 |
Africa: Changing the Narrative Enduring poverty and conflict are so stark in Africa that it is sometimes difficult to see what else is happening ion the economy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Cynthia Churchwell |
An Entrepreneur's Journey in Africa Monique Maddy, who started and then closed a telecommunications business in Africa, has interesting insights into the challenges of entrepreneurship in developing countries in her new book, Learning to Love Africa: My Journey from Africa to Harvard Business School and Back. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Natalie Ramirez-Djumena |
Africa: A Look into the Future OVER the past decade, Africa has been growing at an unprecedented rate, despite the successive global food and financial crises. |
TIME Asia
July 5, 2010
Alex Perry |
China's New Continent China is not the only nation that has noticed the opportunities in Africa, but it is the one that has taken them most seriously, in ways that may change not just the region's economic landscape but its political one too. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Gupta & Tareq |
Mobilizing Revenue Strengthening domestic revenue bases is key to creating fiscal space for Africa's developmental needs |
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2012 |
Country Report: South Africa In just the past few years, South Africa has hit several key economic benchmarks demonstrating the country's upward trajectory. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
S. Ibi Ajayi |
What Africa Needs to Do to Benefit from Globalization |
Inc.
February 2007
Michael Fitzgerald |
Into Africa Yes, you can do business in Africa. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 8, 2004
Martha Lagace |
Tourism: More Than Safaris and Sunsets Pictures of Africa focus too much on exotic wildlife or terrible poverty. But there are also exciting niche markets to attract more visitors and revenue to the continent and change Africa for the better, said a group of tourism experts. |
BusinessWeek
August 14, 2006
Christopher Palmeri |
Striking It Rich In Africa Africa now accounts for 30% of ExxonMobil's output |
BusinessWeek
December 26, 2005
Guy Pfeffermann |
Give Africa's B-Schools A Boost Africa's aid donors can relieve a critical shortage of skilled managers. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2012
Dave Lindorff |
The New Emerging Markets: Africa and the Middle East It comes as some surprise that on a list compiled by Lipper Inc. of the top performing emerging market funds, the top tier of leading funds includes several that specialize in Africa or in Africa and the Middle East. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 8, 2004
Julia Hanna |
The Entrepreneur in Africa Young entrepreneurs share their experiences starting ventures in Africa. Their message: Africa is still a place where individuals can make a big difference. |
Salon.com
May 28, 2001
Ben Barber |
Tough love for Africa Colin Powell gets a hero's welcome and tells Africa's entrenched rulers to step aside... |
BusinessWeek
December 4, 2008
Jack Ewing |
South African Companies Unlock Sub-Saharan Africa Versed in the highs and lows of emerging-market development, SABMiller, Standard Bank, and others are expanding across Africa and beyond. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Abebe Aemro Selassie |
A Cushion for the Poor Plagued by high unemployment and closely tied to Europe, South Africa is struggling. |
Fast Company
June 2008
Richard Behar |
Special Report: China in Africa (Part 6) That the West is losing the sub-Sahara to China does not come as news in Africa itself. |
Fast Company
November 2010
Nate Berg |
How the African Leadership Academy Is Fighting the Continent's Education Exodus A South African academy aims to teach the continent's brightest - and fight widespread brain drain. |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2009
David Lee Smith |
African Oil: And the Winner Is ... The race for African oil supremacy is going well for one country, badly for another. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2013
Joseph Saba |
New Rules for a New Africa Declining revenue growth in the United States and Europe have sent pharmaceutical companies in search of opportunities in the BRICs and other emerging economies. Now, companies are finally turning their attention to Africa. |
