All articles in 'Perspectives'
In order to imagine what that might look like, it’s important to understand the current African inve...
7th June 2022The Biden administration should be encouraged by the incoming president’s ties to the UAE and appare...
31st May 2022Scholars converge on the key message that knowledge- and technology-led development is the permanent...
26th May 2022Covid-19 badly affected African economies. The GDP growth rate declined by -1.6 % in 2020. Over 26 m...
24th May 2022Through initiatives such as Prosper Africa, the U.S. government connects U.S. and African businesses...
17th May 2022The current war in Ukraine has no doubt already begun negatively impacting the prices of fertilizers...
17th May 2022Shipping losses fall, but Ukraine war, costly issues with large vessels, the shipping boom, and sust...
10th May 2022As an AU organ, the African Court is obviously making a statement with this carefully crafted theme:...
10th May 2022Freedom of expression, including for members of the press, is a foundational component of a vibrant,...
3rd May 2022The second Russia-Africa summit will be an important starting point for cooperation between the Russ...
3rd May 2022Kiir, FVP Machar, and the other actors in the government are increasingly getting content with and e...
26th April 2022The US has taken a major step forward in the spirit of partnership with Africa and the Third World t...
26th April 2022Only strong mechanisms of accountability—changing both who decides and how—can end the Fund's impuni...
19th April 2022Countries around the world, and on the African continent who depend on wheat as a source of food, pa...
19th April 2022From era to era they often come up with a new bag of tricks to hoodwink the public
13th April 2022The underdevelopment of Africa by Europe
12th April 2022The war in Ukraine, the breadbasket of Europe, has significant impacts on food import-dependent coun...
5th April 2022Corruption and man-made Climate Change are interlinked
5th April 2022Russian diplomats at the Foreign Ministry have been stepping efforts to get first-hand blistering in...
29th March 2022Through this book, one can see the full picture of China's ambition
29th March 2022Adler borrows from the Anzisha Prize’s recently published book ‘Think Like a Parent, Act like a Coac...
22nd March 2022When we begin to think about human rights, we might begin by thinking about slavery, indentured labo...
22nd March 2022Dr Ian Lawrence – a doctor at the Kabwe mine from 1969 until the early 1970s – testified that Anglo...
15th March 2022Investing for the future has become a much more complex game
15th March 2022Pandemic hits the world’s poorest the hardest: Marginalised groups disproportionately hit by increa...
8th March 2022Social media is overflowing with videos showing Ukrainian police or Poland border guards denying Afr...
1st March 2022It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’l...
1st March 2022One in four professional investors believe the African internet economy will double by 2025
1st March 2022We at the IMF have taken unprecedented action to support our member countries, especially on the Afr...
22nd February 2022For several decades, the Maghreb region has been a multifaceted conflict region
22nd February 2022