Entrepreneurship
Nashville in Africa
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Nashville, Tennessee, was once a struggling city in one of the poorest regions of the United States. It found success from its creative industries: they can be unleashed in Africa too.
Pakistan: A flood of restrictions
IPN Opinion article
Pakistan’s horrific floods have been compounded by horrific mismanagement and then by regulations that make it harder to save the victims and start reconstruction. The solution is more freedom, not more restrictions, says this widely-experienced Pakistani economist and consultant – citing practical precedents.
Why oil should not be EAC’s curse
IPN Opinion article
With oil and gas discoveries in Uganda and exploration throughout the region, the big bucks of energy could help open up the forthcoming EAC Common Market or they could become entangled in state meddling and cronyism.
Free Africans for global trade
IPN Opinion article
The bad news is that the Doha "development" talks on free-trade limped back into view at the WTO in November with nothing new to be said, which sounds pretty boring, but the good news is that developing countries can ignore all that and make huge progress unilaterally and regionally.
2009 International Property Rights Index
A survey which evaluates the role of property rights in 115 countries
