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African Debt and International Discrimination

Posted on by Lionel Stanbrook
22
Jul

African countries on average spend more on interest payments on their debt than on their public health programmes. But Africa’s overall level of debt is tiny in comparison to levels notched up by the developed world. The debt-to-GDP ratio in most African countries is below the IMF’s suggested 55% threshold as well as far below […]

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Op-ed

Beating the Bounds: England and Africa

Posted on by Lionel Stanbrook
15
May

Long before the boundaries of England’s parishes were definitively mapped, people would walk around the boundaries of their local community every year, a few days before Ascension Day, often on Mayday or Beltane. They would be equipped with sticks, branches or switches and would physically beat the items that marked the boundary, such as large […]

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Op-ed

Gender Matters in Poverty

Posted on by Lionel Stanbrook

Most Africans suffer poverty and inequality in various different forms, including income and employment, geography, age and gender. The gender dimension is particularly significant, with poverty rates among women and girls far higher than among men or boys. Market research was commissioned in 2016 to help understand the economics of the gender divide in Africa. […]

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Op-ed

Will Africa create a Free-Trade Area?

Posted on by Lionel Stanbrook
African Free Trade
12
Dec

Looking at the statistics behind the claims Africa’s share of global trade has not changed significantly in twenty years – from around 2.4% or thereabouts between the early 2000s and now. From habits forced by colonialism, African nations have historically relied too heavily on export income from primary commodities, including oil, minerals and raw materials […]

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