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Central Banks And Economic Development, Warren Coats, Gary Gegenheimer
Central Banks And Economic Development, Warren Coats, Gary Gegenheimer
Warren Coats
South Sudan is establishing a central bank to issue and regulate a new currency, and to supervise payment systems and financial firms. The provisions of the law that establish and regulate the new central bank are critically important for how well it contributes to the economic development and well being of the new country. This note explores for discussion the key issues covered in a central bank law relating to its objectives for its currency, its independence for pursuing those objectives, and the governance structure under which it operations to maximize its commitments to those objectives.
Africa, Mark J. Calaguas
Africa, Mark J. Calaguas
Mark J Calaguas
The Africa Committee's contribution to the 2008 Year-in-Review issue of the American Bar Association Section of International Law's quarterly journal, The International Lawyer
Africa, Mark J. Calaguas
Africa, Mark J. Calaguas
Mark J Calaguas
The Africa Committee's contribution to the 2007 Year-in-Review issue of the American Bar Association Section of International Law's quarterly journal, The International Lawyer.
The Resilience Of Comprador Capitalism: “New” Economic Groups In Southern Africa, Stefan Andreasson
The Resilience Of Comprador Capitalism: “New” Economic Groups In Southern Africa, Stefan Andreasson
Stefan Andreasson
This chapter examines the emergence of new economic groups in South Africa and Zimbabwe in the context of “paternalistic trusteeship” by governments themselves or by old economic groups managing to retain economic and political influence and aiming to forge stable and mutually profitable relations with new economic elites. New economic actors emerge when political and economic liberalization increases “points of entry” to economic (and political) activity for those previously marginalized or barred from entry. A key point of contention in the debate on the aims and roles of these groups is whether old, entrenched economic groups are simply in the …
Critical Examination Of Two Famine Early Warning Methodologies In Zimbabwe: What Lessons May Be Learned?, William G. Moseley, B. Ikubolajeh Logan
Critical Examination Of Two Famine Early Warning Methodologies In Zimbabwe: What Lessons May Be Learned?, William G. Moseley, B. Ikubolajeh Logan
William G Moseley
A review of two famine early warning systems in Zimbabwe.