Currency Depreciation Can Save an Economy in Crisis
By Ivan Illán
Amongst political and business leadership, there’s a popular bias that domestic currency depreciation and/or devaluation is negative for a nation’s economy. Instead,...
Changing Tides in International Trade
By Victor Andres Manhit
Although trade has played an important role in advancing economic growth, it has since lost its dynamism. Asian economies, however, have...
Time for African Economic Miracle
By Dan Steinbock
In the 20th century, Africa gained political independence but fell behind the economic boom. In the 21st century, it is Africa’s turn...
SADC Region Seeks to Accelerate Industrialisation amid Challenges in Mining and Energy
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Swaziland summit discusses economic crises in the sub-continent
The Republic of South Africa, the most industrialised state in the region, is still undergoing...
The Trump-Ryan Healthcare Act: Some Economic Consequences
By Jack Rasmus
While Republicans on the Right and the Far Right wrangle over whether to repeal the Obamacare Affordable Care Act (ACA), or just...
Le Pen-ization of France Europe’s Changing Landscape
By Dan Steinbock
In France, President Hollande’s utter failure to foster broad consensus for structural reforms has paved the way...
Trump – The Enigma
By Peter Koenig
In this article, Peter Koenig discusses a few of the bountiful contradictions and controversies of the new Trump Administration. The Donald, less...
United You Don’t Stand
From the Editors
The latest news about Israel is again about some on-going land grab. This is not new news. This has been going on...
Cracking the Arab World’s Development Puzzle: Oil or Politics?
By Ibrahim Elbadawi and Hoda Selim
Is the Arab World cursed by its own institutions rather than by oil wealth? These institutions, which have predated...
Where Next for Syria?
By James Denselow
The conflict in Syria has been going on for almost six years and despite events in Aleppo would appear to have the...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
