Finance, Financialisation and the Crisis

Finance, Financialisation and the Crisis presented @ ATN12, Accra, August’09 by Sam Ashman Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development Research Programme University of the Witwatersrand Overview of Presentation Crisis: re-cap on some…

Climate Crisis – Global and African Dimensions

A wealthy minority of the world’s countries and corporations are the principal cause of climate change; its adverse effects fall first and foremost on the majority that is poor. This…

The Global Financial System: Issues, Problems & Alternatives

The Global Financial System: Issues, Problems & Alternatives Soren Ambrose 12 August 2009 presented @ ATN12, Accra, August’09 Introduction: Focus of this presentation will be on public institutions – IFIs,…

Global economic crisis, commodity prices and development implications

Global economic crisis, commodity prices and development implications presented @ ATN12, Accra, August’09 Michael Herrmann Economic Affairs Officer Macroeconomics and Development Policies UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland Recent trends in commodity prices…