Africa Can - a new development blog

Teachers and students of development economics may be aware of this fresh blog from the chief economist of the World Bank’s Africa Region.

Beyond the Bike - The Importance of Remittances [15 Jan 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Development Issues: The Baby Boom in Zambia [29 Dec 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Prospects for the African Economy [21 Dec 2011]
Unit 2 Macro: Mobile Phones and African Economic Growth [18 Dec 2011]
Millennium Development Goals - Uneven Progress [18 Dec 2011]
Africa’s Hopeful Economies [4 Dec 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: World Food Day [16 Oct 2011]
Can the “invisible hand” solve Africa’s poverty? [13 Oct 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: When China Met Africa [1 Oct 2011]
Using Timetric in the Classroom [27 Sep 2011]
Unit 2 Macro: Exercise on National income [27 Sep 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Savings and Banking to enhance Development [16 Aug 2011]
Development Economics - Emerging Africa [28 Jun 2011]
Poor Economics - Esther Duflo at the LSE [3 Jun 2011]
China and Africa - Resources on their relationship [14 Feb 2011]
Migrants’ Transfers and the Balance of Payments [11 Feb 2011]
Tuesday Talks! African development [8 Feb 2011]
The Chinese are coming! [5 Feb 2011]
Fantastic Interactive Development Stats Website! [11 Jan 2011]
Is Microfinance is an Effective Tool to Help Eradicate Poverty? [30 Dec 2010]
Data Mining on Global Poverty [14 Sep 2010]
A selection of revision notes on economic growth and development [4 Jun 2010]
World Economic Forum on Africa 2010 [9 May 2010]
World Bank throws open it’s development data! [21 Apr 2010]
RES Essay Competition: Does Aid Hinder Development? [12 Apr 2010]
Assorted Links (11 Jan) - Focus on Business Economics [11 Jan 2010]
Impact of global recession on developing countries [18 Dec 2009]
Broadband and economic development [24 Oct 2009]
World Bank Development Indicators 2008 [4 May 2008]

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