Pathways of Financialization in Africa
Objectives Premises Structural adjustment laid the foundation for informalization and criminalisation at all scales Many assets now vertically linked to offshore spaces and opportunities for corruption global processes of Financialization are linked to national and ...
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Financialisation – 8 FAQs
9 FAQs FAQ1: What is financialisation? FAQ2: Who is the speculator? FAQ3: Which complex financial products matter? FAQ4: Financialisation and the real economy? FAQ5: Financialisation and developing countries ? FAQ6: Financialisation of international development: the ...
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The role of finance in development
The role of finance for development Overview Finance for development – mantra since 2015 Net negative resource flows out of developing countries Official finance and ODA failed to keep up with promises or need Is ...
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Global finance in the 21st Century
Global finance in the 21st Century Speculation, Debt, Rentiers and Issues for Development Policy Paradox of globalisation Globalisation is associated with flexibility, efficiency and competitiveness but everywhere advanced countries have become increasingly brittle, sluggish and ...
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Financial services (de-)regulation in trade agreements Part 1: GATS 1994 First services trade agreement Four modes of services trade Most important: mode 3, investment Market access and national treatment commitments via bottom-up approach Commitments can ...
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TWN-Africa, ROAPE webinar series takes off FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Third World Network-Africa together with ROAPE, will hold a series of three webinars starting in August 2021 to explore the…
Information Brief on AfCFTA Third World Network-Africa October 30, 2020
SACU member states debate AfCFTA tariff concessions amidst economic realities in the region, as the January 2021 date for trading…
GLOBAL FINANCE AND AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES:A Prospectus for African Research And Advocacy
From 19-21 February 2019 Third World Network Africa (TWN-Africa) hosted policy makers, scholars and activists from Africa, and from Europe,…
Crisis, Restructuring and Challenges of Finance in Development: Recent Experiences of Banking in Ghana
Introduction For two years from 2017, Ghana underwent a “banking crisis” which is not fully over with continuing ripple effects.…