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[from amaah] New Estimates of Capital Flight from Sub-Saharan African Countries (pdf)

working paper on the impact of capital flight from Africa on development

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[from amaah] Hey, Here's a Tip: Try Africa.

what happens when the conventional wisdom (aka the Washington Post's view) is to invest in Africa? Big Capital always seeks new frontiers, pity though, the Chinese have a head start

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[from amaah] Ghana reflects progress in Africa

7 years of quiet seem to be helping things... rebranding the country... a reasonable country profile highlighting some entrepreneurial successes.

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[from eggywat] Freebies - Disk Lectures

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[from amaah] Elizabeth Asiedu's Economics Research

Perhaps the premier Ghanaian economist in academia from what I can tell, albeit working from without... lots of good papers and modeling... need to brush up on the mathematics

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[from amaah] Sub-prime borrowers not alone

It's not just sub-prime borrowers who are having trouble getting affordable home loans. mortgage investors are shunning all but the most traditional loans, creditworthy borrowers are getting hammered if they want mortgages with payment options or the "jum

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[from amaah] Foreign Direct Investment to Africa: The Role of Government Policy, Governance and Foreign Direct Investment to Africa: The Role of Government Policy, Governance and Political Instability (pdf)

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

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[from amaah] Two words that spook investors: subprime exposure

At a time when the market is waiting for the next subprime-related shoe to drop, investors are shooting first and asking questions later. "We believe the market completely ignored earnings, dividend and instead focused on the word 'subprime'". Oops!

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[from amaah] Medellín’s Nonconformist Mayor Turns Blight to Beauty

“Our most beautiful buildings must be in our poorest areas.” With that simple idea, Mr. Fajardo hired renowned architects to design an assemblage of luxurious libraries and other public buildings in this city’s most desperate slums. Their eccentric

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[from amaah] China 'ties' $5bn aid to Africa

No such thing as a free lunch. What? You thought it was about charity? Still money is fungible and there's a greater pool available.The much-trumpeted $5bn China-Africa Development Fund will be used to invest exclusively in Chinese enterprises and their p

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[from amaah] America's tech moment of truth

ominous signs: Asia became the center for industrial manufacturing several years ago and is now making inroads into high-technology, cutting-edge manufacturing for things like chips "We're falling behind rather rapidly," Scalise said.

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