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A little breathless reporting on "The Great Chinese Takeout", typical phrases: resource-hungry, blood-curdling, epic primal propulsion, formidably efficient, Malthus, toxic intercontinental corruption, primordial, biological struggle, chaotic and reckless

international donors, the World Bank and most African governments for decades have largely ignored the needs of farmers, despite the fact that agriculture is the continent's largest economic sector and biggest employer. Not Ghana though!

Ghana for one has almost escaped the sometimes unbearable clutches of the IMF. Perhaps we are now "mature enough" to actually invest in infrastructure without the paternalistic attitudes and rhetoric

On agriculture in Africa... typical Wilson Quarterly backgrounder, not to mention the wild-eyed optimism of the title... baby steps, baby steps.

Fancy that, a country subsidizes its farmers (fertilizer controls), improves food security and now exports. Whither free trade and World Bank prescriptions. I suppose Europe and the US don't provide agricultural subsidies to their farmers, right?

going after the unbanked and the informal sector seems to be the strategy. Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya seem be leading the way

The wages of sin

Ernest Aryeetey's 2005 paper... compare with Elizabeth Asiedu's research on foreign direct investment. Also link to internal determinants and financing... informal sector and adjacencies.. lack of vertical integration etc..

200 million people live outside the country of their birth, and they help support a swath of the developing world as big if not bigger. Migrants sent home about $300 billion last year nearly three times the world's foreign aid budgets combined. Those su

Elizabeth Asiedu's 2003 paper... survery of 22 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1984-2000 to examine the impact of political risk, institutional framework and government policy on Foreign Direct Investment, macroeconomic stability, efficien

Je ne suis pas venu, jeunes d'Afrique, pour pleurer avec vous sur les malheurs de l'Afrique. Car l'Afrique n'a pas besoin de mes pleurs. Je ne suis pas venu effacer le passé car le passé ne s'efface pas. Je ne suis pas venu<sep/>

They hope Ghana can avoid the instability that has plagued other African countries as a result of their failure to prevent small cliques of elites from channeling most of the proceeds into their own bank accounts.

For the 21st century it's no longer God, Gold and Glory rather it's "Guns, Foundations and Free Trade". Takes a look at how The Heritage Foundation's 2003 recommendations are now US government policy to Africa, pace Africom, the new Africa Command

World palm oil prices have soared over the last 18 months partly driven by increased demand for biofuel, hitting a peak in June they remain 70% higher than at the beginning of 2006. Palm oil is used in cooking and the production of lipstick and biodiesel.

The story of Africa Command, the American military's new frontier outpost.... Well join the crowd: the Europeans have had their time and the Chinese are having fun too...when two elephants fight it is the grass that gets hurt - angolan proverb. We'll see.

Divine Chocolate, founded in Britain in 1998, counts cocoa farmers as its biggest group of shareholders. Kuapa Kokoo, Ghana's largest co-operative, 45,000 cocoa growers, owns 45% of Divine and has two seats on its board.