Thematic Areas - twnafrica

New UK Prime Minister, new European parliament: where to next on Brexit?

juin 19, 2019

Analyses the fallout from the resignation of Theresa May as British Prime Minister and the implications of the recent elections for the European Parliament. *Paul Goodison What next after Theresa May? On 24th May 2019 ...

Banks don’t support productive activities—Yao Graham

février 26, 2019

Banks in the country do not support productive activities in the economy, Coordinator of the Third World Network (TWN), Dr Yao Graham, has said. He said the Ghana’s banking sector was serving as a way ...

Financialisation and the liberalization of banking and finance in Africa Experiences

février 25, 2019

Definitions Accumulation in which profits accrue through financial markets and channels rather than the real sector (the production and exchange of goods) – Arrighi (1994), Krippner (2005) The increasing role of financial motives, financial markets, ...

Development Banking

février 20, 2019

Context Boom in infrastructural investment and requirement for development financing, including climate finance. Revival of interest in development banking Innovative multilateral efforts: NDB and AIIB Development banks Present across the world and broadly of two ...

Governance of the financial sector and financialisation in the context of Africa

février 20, 2019

Where is the biggest money? INTRO global governance & how Africa fits (not) in it governance of global financial system excluding the international and regional development banks governance of financialisation instruments Underlying principles of the ...

Financialization and the Real Sector in Africa: manufacturing and services

février 20, 2019

1. Gigantism, infrastructure and energy • Financialized power leaves its mark on the built environment and the type of development pursued • There is a synergistic relationship between building ‘big’ infrastructure, concentrating power within party-states ...