Nigeria’s failure to diversify its economy has devalued the citizens and weakened her small and insular private sector. Few local entrepreneurs have drawn on the international market in ways producers in some other developing countries have done. At less than one per cent, the share of manufacturing in Nigeria’s exports is minuscule. Most industries […]
Why Journalism’s Pursuit of Gloom Has the Market Wrong
A recent UK study found that happiness is contagious. President-elect Obama has proven that messages of hope can also have a distinct contagion. It may be helpful to realize this, as the world is subjected to a collective of depressed thinking that is perpetuated by rudimentary media analysis as concrete sky-is-falling fact. It is important […]
Conservatives Challenge Ahmadinejad Over Economy
In a remarkable shift, politicians linked to the religious establishment take government to task for failed economic policies. By Mohammad Mahdi Afkari in Tehran The headlines in Tehran’s morning and evening papers are dominated by one big issue these days – inflation. Spiralling price rises have had a real impact on people’s lives in the […]
Kazakhstan: Oddities of the Digital Present
by Adil Nurmakov In the most recent counple of weeks the Kazakhstani blogosphere – usually heavily politicized – was focused more on the developments in telecoms sector and Internet-related novelties in Kazakhstan. The country’s authorities are still aiming to enter top 50 of the most competitive countries, although the Economist’s index of “e-readiness” still puts […]