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Vol 42 No 20
12th October 2001

The other war

Casualties in Africa's economic battles are outstripping those in the military campaigns in Asia and the Middle East

Vol 42 No 20
12th October 2001

More African countries are to test out a World Bank-backed commodity insurance scheme as prices for coffee, cocoa and cotton hit new lows on the terminal markets in Europe and America. Early trials of the scheme in Tanzania, El Salvador and Thailand have ...

Vol 41 No 19
29th September 2000

Economic battlefield

Africans have won the moral argument on debt: now they must win a much tougher one - over access to markets in rich countries

Vol 41 No 19
29th September 2000

When push comes to shove

Eventually one government minister's patience snapped with the nit-picking technical debate on mechanisms of debt relief for the world's poorest countries. Canada's Finance Minister, Paul Martin, seemed to have grown tired of the posturing and politicking...

Vol 40 No 20
8th October 1999

Life after debt

Agreement on the latest plan to reduce Africa's debt burden should allow policymakers to concentrate on growth and investment

Vol 40 No 20
8th October 1999

Who's dropping the debt?

The debt of poor countries has finally become a significant political issue in the West. The latest changes on debt policy have been prompted by non-governmental organisations' relentless lobbying of Western (or Northern) governments and a sympathetic man...

Vol 39 No 21
23rd October 1998

Devastating debts

Arguments among rich countries are slowing progress on cutting Africa's debts

Vol 39 No 20
9th October 1998

Revised downwards

The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook projects African gross domestic product growth at 3.7 per cent this year, compared to its earlier forecast of 4.8 per cent. Next year, it projects a growth rate of 4.7 per cent, again a downward rev...

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