By Santo Das Gupta
IDN-InDepth NewsReport
PARIS (IDN) – The prospects for the world economy look rather gloomy in the coming two years, says a respectable international economic organisation of 34 countries. The situation can, however, be redeemed if leading industrial and emerging countries take “bold decisions” to get the global economy back on track, it adds.
By Xanthe Hall*
IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint
Nuclear Power and the Bomb are inextricably linked through an atomic chain. The nuclear era began in Germany, so we have a specific responsibility to end it sooner rather than later.
BERLIN (IDN) – We talk about abandoning nuclear energy or abolishing nuclear weapons. But this is not enough. They are only the visible products of a whole chain of production that binds us – the nuclear chain. This chain does much more damage than we are aware of.
By Raúl de Sagastizabal
IDN-InDepth NewsEssay
Hedging behaviour, a high degree of groupthink, intellectual capture, a general mind-set that excludes contrary views, fiefdom battles, inadequate analytical approaches, and lack of accountability should make governments ask themselves whether the time has not come to withdraw their support for the IMF.
By Raúl de Sagastizabal
IDN-InDepth NewsEssay
Hedging behaviour, a high degree of groupthink, intellectual capture, a general mind-set that excludes contrary views, fiefdom battles, inadequate analytical approaches, and lack of accountability should make governments ask themselves whether the time has not come to withdraw their support for the IMF.
By Jerome Mwanda
IDN-InDepth NewsReport
NAIROBI (IDN) – A new era of protracted civil war in Sudan is “a real possibility” if key international actors do not succeed in containing it. In fact, fighting could quickly expand both within Sudan and spill over into South Sudan, a prestigious international think-tank has warned.
By Jaya Ramachandran
IDN-InDepth NewsReport
PARIS (IDN) – As a landmark global meeting on aid effectiveness inches closer, two new reports find that donors have made less effort and less progress than developing countries in implementing aid effectiveness commitments since 2005, even though the commitments demanded less from donors.
By Jaya Ramachandran
IDN-InDepth NewsReport
PARIS (IDN) – As a landmark global meeting on aid effectiveness inches closer, two new reports find that donors have made less effort and less progress than developing countries in implementing aid effectiveness commitments since 2005, even though the commitments demanded less from donors.
By Arvind Gupta*
IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint
NEW DELHI (IDN) – Osama bin Laden’s killing was a high point in America’s Afghan strategy. Buoyed by the success of Op Geronimo, it appeared that the U.S. might be able to craft a successful exit strategy. The U.S. could declare that al Qaeda had been defeated and that the U.S. job in Afghistan was done.
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.
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.
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