US Growth and Outlook Analysed by Kampamba Shula

The New Year was one with which the US entered with caution ,looming budget cuts, poor housing and manufacturing data, high unemployment, global uncertainty and growing disbelief that the Fed still kept rates that low where among the concerns. Over the past three months, some threats to the global economic recovery have partly faded, sparking a tide of renewed optimism. Financial...

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Mealie Meal Crisis Analysed by Kampamba Shula

The Cause of the Crisis The roots of the current mealie-meal crisis lie in the seemingly insatiable demand for the commodity from neighbouring countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo (as well as in the broader Great Lakes Region and beyond), which demand has been made even worse by last season’s poor harvest in the United States and Mexico. Here is...

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Development by Romeo F Kasengele

By Romeo F Kasengele Increased national wealth and wellbeing is the ultimate goal of any progressive state or society. Achieving this most noble of goals can however prove a great challenge. It necessitates the adoption of certain strategies which need to be employed consistently and vigorously if economic wellbeing is to be achieved in the shortest possible time. The...

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