Vol 50 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICAWORLD BANK Integrity in question 17th April 2009 Claims that the World Bank’s Vice-President for Integrity and former head of South Africa’s Scorpions anti-corruption unit, Leonard McCarthy, used his position to pursue political ...
Vol 49 No 21 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDAFRICA Africa and the credit crash 17th October 2008 Africa’s economies growing faster on average than all other regions, except Asia, but how will they fare when the global slowdown bites? Africa’s economies will lose momentum as the effects of the global credit crisis work through the international system – but the damage will be less severe than in other developing...
Vol 49 No 9 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Reforms, but not radical 25th April 2008 Africa’s economic growth will continue to outstrip the world’s average economic growth despite the effects of the slowdown in Western economies, according to the IMF The International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook downgrades global growth to 3.7% real GDP growth in 2008, while Africa is forecast to grow at 6.5%, pulled up by oil...
Vol 49 No 9 | WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Crisis brings opportunity 25th April 2008 As Africa is a net grain importer, its people face huge problems from current world food price inflation. African smallholders will suffer if they are net food buyers whereas net ...
Vol 48 No 22 | ECONOMYWORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND New chiefs now, new policies later 2nd November 2007 For Africa, the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund seem to resemble the shareholders’ meeting of a smallish public company bravely struggli...
Vol 48 No 21 | NIGERIAWORLD BANK Renaissance woman 19th October 2007 Renaissance Capital has a new Chairperson for its advisory committees on Nigeria and Africa. The World Bank has a new Managing Director. And both institutions have secured the serv...
Vol 48 No 14 | NORWAYWORLD BANK Bank robbery 6th July 2007 Norwegian Development Minister Erik Solheim is determined to get the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to take more seriously the damage which corrupt pricing systems and ...
Vol 48 No 12 | ECONOMYWORLD BANK The Vulcan has landed 8th June 2007 There is little chance that staff will allow new President Robert Zoellick a honeymoon at the World Bank's lavish H Street headquarters in Washington DC. The ghost of Paul Wolfowit...
Vol 48 No 9 | WORLD BANK The trials of Wolfowitz 27th April 2007 ECONOMY The campaign to unseat World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz dominated the Spring Meeting of the Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 14-15 April, bitterly dividing the shar...
Vol 48 No 9 | WORLD BANK Pass the hat around 27th April 2007 The key event for the World Bank this year is the 15th replenishment of its soft-loan affiliate, the International Development Association. The IDA provides the bulk of low-interes...