Ban the use of foreign products at official functions and in government offices: Nigeria’s Daily Champion -The Federal Government on Tuesday imposed a ban on the use of foreign beverages at official functions and in government offices. The ban covers tea, coffee, biscuits, fruit juices, water and soft drinks. President Umaru Yar’Adua gave the directive… Read More »
beautifully expressed by Amma Ogan of Next
1. iMF direct on Africa and the global economic crisis 2. Paul Krugman: In Trade, It’s Not the Great Depression It’s Worse 3. On the recent German elections 4. Q&A: Joseph Stiglitz Sees Welcome Change at the IMF 5. Daniel Miller: Coming of Age in Digital Anthropology 6. Twitter.org? and building models for social media… Read More »
Stephen Gudeman’s post on the Association of Social Anthropologists’ Globalog series on the financial crisis: Economists may see economies as flat or smooth plains consisting of markets and market-like behavior that lead to equilibrium situations, but I think they consist of overlapping and conflicting spheres of value and practices. I label these fuzzy-edged spaces House,… Read More »
Even if China’s CNOOC is seeking a huge stake in Nigeria’s oil, remember, Ghana is just opening up for business. FT announces that Exxon takes $4bn stake in Ghana oil field.
From Financial Times.
The current issue of The Economist has this in a leader about mobile money in Africa: ONCE the toys of rich yuppies, mobile phones have evolved in a few short years to become tools of economic empowerment for the world’s poorest people. These phones compensate for inadequate infrastructure, such as bad roads and slow postal… Read More »
Krugman speaking on Finland: Speaking at a forum on Finland’s economic development organised by the Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra, Krugman said that technically the global economy began to rebound at the end of the summer. He added, however, that unemployment could worsen for up to a year and a half, despite growth. “Prospects for slow… Read More »
From New York Times: Exporting waste illegally to poor countries has become a vast and growing international business, as companies try to minimize the costs of new environmental laws, like those here, that tax waste or require that it be recycled or otherwise disposed of in an environmentally responsible way. Rotterdam, the busiest port in Europe,… Read More »
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