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Africa2011-10-082023-07-10

Africa Poised for Democracy Upturn

By Sven Richter*
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

African demographics are at the start of a long-term trend that will most likely trigger high gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the region for the next decade or two. A by-product of this is likely to be more democracy. Studies show that as GDP increases, the likelihood of democracies becoming autocracies fades and the likelihood of autocracies becoming democracies increases. This holds true for all nations, bar those with a very high GDP per capita where the wealth is derived from a single resource such as oil.

GLOBAL ISSUES2011-10-042023-07-10

A New Global Recession Looming

By Martin Khor*
IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint

GENEVA (IDN) – It is now clear that the world is slipping – or has already slipped – into a new economic downturn, and that this will have serious consequences for the developing countries. Indeed, some prominent economists have warned that this time the crisis will be more serious and more prolonged than the 2008-9 Great Recession.

GLOBAL ISSUES2011-09-302023-07-10

IMF’s Forecast Mistakes Are Not Trivial

By Raul de Sagastizabal*
IDN-InDepth NewsEssay

MONTEVIDEO (IDN) – The storm that threatens the global economy has been raging ever since the toxic assets crisis started five long years ago. That crisis has not ended, or receded, but transformed into multiple crises: from fiscal deficit and sovereign debt to poverty, unemployment and the rise in food and fuel prices. Nevertheless, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had to get its face wet to take note of the storm and rain.

ECONOMY2011-09-302023-07-10

IMF’s Forecast Mistakes Are Not Trivial

By Raul de Sagastizabal*
IDN-InDepth NewsEssay

GLOBAL ISSUES2011-09-292023-07-10

Hungry Somalia Exports Livestock

By Chiara Francavilla*
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

While Somalia relies on the World Food Programme to deliver food to the area, the country on the Horn of Africa continues to export livestock to neighbouring states. This may seem baffling. But the situation underlines that one needs to look beyond food availability itself to understand hunger caused by food shortages.

Africa2011-09-292023-07-10

Hungry Somalia Exports Livestock

By Chiara Francavilla*
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

USA and Canada2011-09-272023-07-12

Pizza Boss’s Delivery Stirs Republican Race

By Ernest Corea*
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – Behold! Another stirrer-upper. As an evangelical stream of consciousness moves through the Republican Party, this could well be how some activists reacted to the news that on Saturday, September 24 Herman Cain, would-be presidential candidate and former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Godfather brand of pizza won the party’s straw poll in Florida. He is the only African-American seeking the Republican nomination.

GLOBAL ISSUES2011-09-272023-07-10

Pizza Boss’s Delivery Stirs Republican Race

By Ernest Corea*
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

GLOBAL ISSUES2011-09-272023-07-10

UN Rushing to Rebuild Libya

By Bernhard Schell
IDN-InDepth NewsReport

GENEVA (IDN) – Libya’s new rulers have been warmly welcomed into the fold of the United Nations in the wake of obtaining diplomatic recognition from about 90 countries – even as fighting continues southeast of Tripoli in Sirte, one of the last remaining strongholds of the so-called “King of Kings of Africa”.

Middle East2011-09-272023-07-10

UN Rushing to Rebuild Libya

By Bernhard Schell
IDN-InDepth NewsReport