THOUGHT

The current energy crisis in South Africa has led to calls for the privatization of Eskom and a shift towards running on renewable “green”..

Economic development concerns itself with indicators of living standards such as poverty, literacy rates and life expectancy. However,...

Since the beginning of the war, Russia’s defence budget has ballooned to a bloated $300 million per day [1], but this drastically...

The war in Ukraine has left countries that were already facing an energy crisis, soaring inflation, and deteriorating standards of living...

Richard Thaler, one of the grandfathers of Behavioural Economics, points out that economic models “econs” fail to model humans.

Slovenia has chosen her future and the electorate has chosen to place their trust in Robert Golob and the Freedom Movement. With a coalit...

Urban poverty can be attributed to several factors including high and persistent levels of inequality, high levels of urbanization and hi...

It can be argued that the country still struggles to forget its colonial past and a legacy of uneven development, coming out of an acute...

When sound institutions are in place challenges of socially inefficient rent extraction, corruption and instability are reduced allowing...

Economics, unlike chemistry or literature has a definitional dilemma as the question of what economics is a study of varies....

Turkey was once known as an “investment darling” by investors around the globe. Between 2002 – 2007 the Turkish economy grew rapidly at...

Local governance is where social and economic development meet. Local municipalities are where the citizens are, it is where they...

This week we look at developments in Zimbabwe, China, South Africa and Global Oil Prices.

In this week's review we look at economic and financial developments in Guinea, UK, South Africa and El Salvador.

This week we look at economic developments in Afghanistan, Zambia and South Africa.

(Disclaimer: This is the second of a series relating to Globalization, its effect on the African Continent and Possible Directions the...

We saw tension in South Africa the past weeks with protests and looting taking place in two economic powerhouses of the country as...

The first congress of independent African states held in 1958 convened by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, called for the establishment of an African...

The private force has become big business and global in scope. Even terrorists hire mercenaries.

It is imperative that we level the playing field so that women and men alike can contribute to and benefit from economic development.