Against a backdrop of the dismantling of apartheid and the current government's commitment to negotiating a new constitution based on universal suffrage and protected human rights, discussions are under way on the appropriate economic policies to be pursued in the new political climate. This...

Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to...

India's common people : who are they, how many are they and how do they live? -- More on India's common people : a regional profile -- Growth sans Employment : a quarter century of jobless growth in India's organised manufacturing -- Dualism, informality and social inequality -- The long road to...