As Africa continues to attract record numbers of international arrivals, there are industry undercurrents that …

Digitalization and shifting patterns of globalization are fast changing the rules of the game for countries embarking …

This study analyses the performance of macroeconomic policy in South Africa in 2007- 2020 and outlines challenges for … policy in the coming decade. After remarkable economic growth in 1997-07, South Africa's progress slowed dramatically in 2009 … economy was never reigned in, leading to a rapidly rising public debt load. The study assesses three accounts of South Africa …

During 1985-2015, globalization intensified the factor-endowment-related pattern of sectoral specialization. In skill … sectors in output and employment increased in most countries, but mainly for reasons unrelated to globalization. Changes in …

Globalization and robotics (globotics) are transforming the world economy at an explosive pace since they are driven by …

Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their … needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …

strategies by political parties during recent presidential elections in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. Specifically, the paper … argues that the nature of party competition in Africa, combined with rapid urbanization and informalization of the labour … Africa intersect with voting behaviour and political party development. -- Africa ; democratization ; political parties …

This paper revisits the link between exchange rate regimes and trade in the context of Africa's exchange rate … Africa's experience with that of the world. Our results suggest that both currency unions and direct pegs promote bilateral … trade in Africa vis-à-vis more flexible exchange rate regimes,and that their effect is almost double for the region than …