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Zimbabwe claims that price increases are a plot to topple the government, forces merchants to slash prices. The predictable result will be goods shortages and an expansion of black markets. Has Gono ever studied microeconomics?
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German Government to fund creation and improvement of hundreds of articles in German wikipedia…
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Answering criticism about social responsibility in Africa, China is responding by contributing susbtantial forces to UN peacekeeping efforts and pioneering an experimental “peace corps” in nations like Ethiopia and Zimbabwe
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Easterly equates “developmentalism” with communism and facism and argues that
“The only ‘answer’ to poverty reduction is freedom from being told the answer.” If you can get around the inflated rhetoric, an interesting and worthwhile piece
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Point of sale terminals help turn Ugandan merchants into “human ATMs”, giving customers access to their account information and the ability to deposit and withdraw funds in areas that otherwise wouldn’t be ATM-served for years
June 28th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Interesting about Uganda – human ATM’s. I was there last month and was amazed by the low crime rate. In kenya this would now work as criminals would target them