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  • Vol 42 No 20
  • 12/10/2001

Fighting for Farmers

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
  • 29/09/2000

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
  • 29/09/2000

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 41 No 12
  • 09/06/2000

Take your medicine

'Can Africa Claim the 21st Century?' is the unusual title of the World Bank's latest plea for more cash for Africa. It's also the starting line for the Bank's new Chief Economist for Africa, Alan Gelb, an amiable South African deeply concerned about the c...

  • Vol 40 No 20
  • 08/10/1999

Life after debt

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

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