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Grounded: special report - Brazil
The Economist, 2013A special country-focused edtion of The Economist magazine looks at the following topic areas:DocumentThe Indian economy at a crossroads
2014In the early 1990s, India’s embrace of economic and trade liberalization reforms yielded two decades of robust economic growth that gave rise to the so-called Indian Economic Miracle. But recently, momentum for continued liberalisation has waned.DocumentFrom isolation to integration? A study of Chinese retailers in Dakar
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010Starting from the late 1990s, more and more Chinese have migrated to Senegal, concentrating and opening small shops along the Boulevard Général de Gaulle, one of the major roads in Dakar.DocumentTrade in electricity services in the Southern African Customs Union: towards a negotiating strategy
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009The development of a country’s electricity sector is crucial for broader economic growth and economic and social development. The electricity sector in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) member states is facing chronic challenges, including lack of surplus capacity, and underdeveloped power transmission and distribution infrastructure, resulting in losses in production.DocumentWhat does the future hold for SACU? From own goal to Laduma! Scenarios for the future of the Southern African Customs Union
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010A group of Southern African Customs Union (SACU) experts and interested parties recently participated in a scenario-planning exercise on the future of SACU. This paper gives an account of the scenarios developed, which range from SACU collapsing to a scenario where it deepens into a common market.DocumentWhither the multilateral trading system? Implications for (South) Africa
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013So far the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has acted as a constraint on the worst protectionist pressures building in the global trading system following the 2008–10 global financial crisis, which is a testament to the system’s constraining power.DocumentBanking in Nigeria and Chinese economic diplomacy in Africa
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010While Sino–Nigerian relations have grown significantly since the 1970s, several aspects of the relationship have been controversial and difficult. However, the special attraction the two countries hold for each other has made the relationship persist, even amid difficulties and challenges.DocumentTrade, industrial policy and exchange rates in South Africa
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010South Africa’s trade, industrial and exchange rate policies have been the subject of substantial public debate in recent months, not least owing to the impact of the 2008–10 global financial crisis.DocumentSACU - one hundred not out: what future for the Customs Union?
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010This paper is based on research conducted recently in South Africa (SA), Namibia, Angola and Botswana. Policy and decision makers were asked to complete a questionnaire about the future of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Although the responses to the questionnaire were low, the interaction with respondents was of a high quality.DocumentInternational trade and emerging markets since the crisis
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011The global economic crisis has sparked the short-term divergence of economic performance between the West and emerging markets, thereby accelerating their convergence in the long-run, and is particularly evident in globalising Asia. Governments’ responses to the biggest deglobalisation since the Great Depression did not precipitate a descent into 1930s-style protectionism.Pages