Economic Report
Waar in de wereld moet je zijn als ondernemer? (Dutch)
Investeren in het buitenland is een complexe aangelegenheid. Met behulp van deze keuzegids kunnen ondernemers beter beslissen in welke landen ze investeren.
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Institutional quality and economic performance
Institutional quality and economic development reinforce each other over the longer term, but we argue that institutional quality leads this virtuous circle. It unlocks growth potential and does not intrinsically suffer from diminishing returns.
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Sub-Sahara Afrika’s lange klim naar welvaart (Dutch)
Het opwaarts potentieel van Sub-Sahara Afrika blijft enorm en de regio heeft verbeteringen laten zien in termen van kindersterfte en democratie. Echter, om het potentieel te verzilveren moeten instituties structureel verbeteren.
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Sub-Saharan Africa: the Long Road up Mount Progress
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing headwinds from lower commodity prices, China’s slower growth, and normalization of monetary policy in the US. This has made the region’s economic outlook challenging, though not imminently gloomy.
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Sub-Saharan Africa: importance of institutions for developing food and agriculture value chains
To reverse the growing food and agriculture trade deficit and deliver on its potential, Sub-Saharan Africa must develop food and agriculture value chains. The enabling environment for doing this differs widely and is strongly linked to countries’ broader institutional development.
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Sub-Saharan Africa: struggling, but still growing
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing headwinds from lower commodity prices, a slower growing China and possibly rising US interest rates. This has made the economic outlook gloomier but we still expect the region to grow about 4% in the near future.
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Sub-Saharan Africa: politically more stable, but still fragile
Sub-Saharan Africa has made significant progress on political stability in the past two decades. Nevertheless stability remains fragile and there are regional differences. Besides, institutional quality in Sub-Saharan Africa remains weak.
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Sub-Saharan Africa: the Long Road up Mount Progress at a glance
Sub-Saharan Africa, climbing mount progress amidst a challenging environment.
Country Report
Kenya: climbing economy, sliding currency
Kenya’s economy continues to grow strongly, but the depreciating currency poses short term risks for inflation and debt service. In the medium term, elections in 2018 could give rise to increased ethnic tensions and result in civil unrest.
Country Report
South Africa: exacerbating structural problems
South Africa’s growth outlook is held back by low investor confidence and structural weaknesses in areas such as infrastructure, labour and competition. Neither of these are likely to be addressed in the current financial and political climate.