How South African manages the fallout from its likely downgrade by Moody's in November will determine whether the country will be forced to turn to the IMF for a bailout.
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The primary results confirm the end of the austerity project but this is not enough to solve Argentina's fundamental problems.
The US and China have an interdependent economic relationship. If this unravels it will have global ramifications.
The fossil fuel industry depends on massive government support, which makes the public foot the bill for a harmful and uncompetitive industry.
The main distinguishing feature of Osborne’s policy record was presiding over one of the worst economic recoveries in British history.
Now that African countries have signed up for the continental free trade agreement, they must complete the institutional loop by jumpstarting the creation of the African Monetary Fund.
Ghana has completed yet another IMF financial assistance programme. Given its long history of living within its means and then blowing the budget again, will it be knocking on the IMF's doors soon?
Nigeria's high unemployment rate has created a bloated and unproductive informal sector.
The World Bank needs to change as part of rethinking the current world order, and giving rising powers and developing countries a meaningful voice.
Three important lessons from three recent privatisations.
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is struggling to overcome the national economic destruction wreaked on Zimbabwe over two decades under Robert Mugabe.
Ongoing volatility is causing intense debate about how to manage relations between the two powerful nation, which is only likely to become more challenging.
Zimbabwe's new president promised to deliver the country citizens want but the nation remains on edge.
Winners and losers are both trying to win the West’s support for their view.
The 10th BRICS Summit delivered a mixed bag when judged on what it said on key issues, like global governance and trade.
The 10th BRICS Summit will be judged by how it tackles the prevailing global political and structural challenges.
Reports of profligacy by the leaders of the Pan African Parliament could further diminish its legitimacy, which is already being questioned .
Fela Kuti's critically engaging lyrics, and his intense and methodical delivery, provide an important window to exposing students to critical understanding of the global system.
The death of Mozambican opposition leader Alfonso Dhlakama could affect the progress made to end hostilities in the country.
It will be the private remarks between senior Australian business leaders and foreign investors at Davos that will likely be the most consequential for the Australian economy in the coming few years.
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor of Finance, University of Liverpool
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor, Monash University
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Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Director of the Centre for Global Development and Professor in the School of Education, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York
