The IMF's $4bn loan for South Africa: the pros, cons and potential pitfalls
Aug 01, 2020 16:28 pm UTC| Economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a R70 billion (US$4.3 billion) loan for South Africa to help the country manage the immediate consequences of the fallout from COVID-19. The Conversation Africas editor,...
Coronavirus in India and Brazil: new forecasts for when economic giants will hit peak
Jun 21, 2020 04:11 am UTC| Economy
While many of the worlds top ten economies appear to be past the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, India and Brazil are still on the way up. This is a tragedy unfolding for both countries. It is also bad news for the world...
In Brazil's raging pandemic, domestic workers fear for their lives – and their jobs
Jun 04, 2020 12:14 pm UTC| Economy Life
Brazil has emerged as one of the worst-hit countries in the coronavirus crisis, with hundreds of thousands of cases affecting people from all backgrounds. But in the early weeks of the pandemic, in March, many victims of...
Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa
Jun 04, 2020 11:28 am UTC| Economy
The COVID-19 crisis has clearly demonstrated the vulnerability of the livelihoods of many South Africans, and highlighted food insecurity as one key aspect. Many now argue that reducing the vulnerability of the livelihoods...
Developing countries are facing economic disaster
May 29, 2020 14:25 pm UTC| Economy
While attention in developed countries has been focused inward on the effects of the pandemic at home and the anticipated exit from lockdown, an economic and health disaster is emerging in developing counties that make up...
Five ways collective intelligence can help beat coronavirus in developing countries
Apr 21, 2020 12:34 pm UTC| Technology Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has so far had the greatest impact in developed economies with strong health systems. And the results have been terrifying. But the epicentre of the pandemic could soon shift again to low and...
Budget shows treasury is desperately short of ideas to fix South Africa's economic woes
Mar 01, 2020 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
At the core of this years budget proposals from South Africas national treasury is the admission that national debt is no longer expected to stabilise. In previous years, bar one brief exception, budgets and medium-term...