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Jan 8, 2013 • 6min

Hunger in the Sahel

Hunger is a chronic problem in the Sahel. But now a widespread drought has wiped out crops and made the food situation worse. Millions are at risk. Is the international community taking enough notice?
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Jan 8, 2013 • 7min

Les investissements étrangers dopent la croissance

Au niveau mondial, les investissements directs étrangers explosent. En 2007, ils se sont envolés à 2 billions de dollars EU. Les investissements des nations BRICS dans les pays à faible revenu se sont nettement accélérés, alimentant la croissance et le développement.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 8min

Drowning in Debt

To coincide with the release of March's Finance & Development, we interview one of the contributors to this quarter's magazine, Philip Coggan. In a new book, Coggan argues that the extraordinary rise in debt levels in recent years will reshape our world order.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 4min

Fostering Economic Integration in East Africa

As the East African Community considers an ever closer union, the EAC and the International Monetary Fund co-host a conference to draw lessons from the turmoil in the euro area.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 6min

La riposte à une crise alimentaire

Une nouvelle crise s'annonce dans une région depuis longtemps soumise aux pénuries alimentaires. La sécheresse fait resurgir le spectre de la faim pour des millions d'habitants du Sahel. L'un des pays de la région — le Mali — a entrepris de gérer la menace d'une nouvelle urgence alimentaire.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 5min

Keeping Up Growth in the East African Community

Over the last decade, the East African Community has enjoyed some of the fastest growth rates in the world. To continue on its growth path, IMF economists suggest the region can learn lessons from other countries which have enjoyed rapid development.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 10min

Le financement des infrastructures en Afrique

À l'échelle mondiale, les pays africains sont probablement parmi les moins biens lotis en matière d'infrastructure. Pendant de longues décennies, les gouvernements de la région manquaient d'options pour financer ces projets. La situation a changé, mais pas nécessairement dans le bon sens.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 6min

In the Face of a Food Crisis

A drought is threatening to bring hunger to millions of people in the Sahel—a belt of grassland and savanna running across Africa under the Sahara desert. We look at how one country, Mali, is coping with a looming food emergency.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 10min

Paying for Infrastructure in Africa

Africans suffer some of the weakest infrastructure in the world—a reality holding the continent back from further growth and prosperity. For decades, governments in the region had few options for funding major infrastructure projects. It's all different now. But that's not necessarily a good thing.
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Jan 8, 2013 • 9min

Notations des agences: Faut-il s'y fier?

Depuis l'éclatement de la crise financière mondiale, les agences de notation ne cessent d'être vouées aux gémonies. De fait, la commission d'enquête mise en place aux États-Unis pour élucider les causes de la crise voyait en elles «d'importants facteurs de l'effondrement financier». Mais en fin de compte, qu'est-ce qu'une agence de notation? Quel est son rôle exactement?

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