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The incidence of poverty has skyrocketed in Pakistan since the Covid-19 pandemic and the disastrous floods of 2022....

Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including those in the CEMAC (Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa) region are endowed with abundant natural resources that hold significant potential for economic growth. But in many instances, these opportunities were wasted, and results were disappointing: resource-rich countries in SSA often have registered lower economic growth and higher inequality than those without such resources – a phenomenon referred to as the “resource curse”. A...

Ghana, like many other developing nations, relies heavily on imports of food and consumer goods to feed its population. For instance, Ghana imports 55% of the rice that is consumed locally...

Ghana’s industries need fewer production constraints and more incentives to compete domestically.

An article titled “Economic Turnaround Moment?” has recently been published in the newspaper, Dawn. It has been...

The former chief statistician loved Malaysia and believed in its potential.

A prominent sociologist’s new work debunks the most damning myths about border crossings

中美经济竞争与全球供应链回流努鲁拉·古尔、塞里夫·迪莱克《中国国际政治学报》，第16卷，第1期，2023年春季，第61-83页，https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poac022...

The public sector’s ability to finance its share of annual investment needed to address climate change issues by 2030 appears technically possible

It was encouraging to hear Prime Minister Andrew Holn ess advocate a partnership for productivity and peace at Sunday's Jamaica Labour Party annual conference. It has long been clear that a...