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Article by Natalie Chen and Dennis Novy. Currency unions usually go hand in hand with deeper economic integration. But does that automatically mean more international trade? This column shows that since the en... Read more...
09 July 2018
Ethiopia is likely to be one of the fastest growing markets for western exporters in the next five years, while erstwhile emerging market heavyweights Brazil and South Africa offer paltry growth. Perhaps less surprisingl... Read more...
26 July 2016
Article by Marco Manacorda and Andrea Tesei Digital technologies have been widely used for political activism in recent years, including during the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the Indignados mo... Read more...
22 May 2016
Recently Gabriel Zucman, of the London School of Economics, estimated that $7.6-trillion of global cross-border wealth is being held in tax havens. This figure includes only financial assets. If it also accounted for ass... Read more...
16 May 2016
... Do we need a different way to spur innovation and disseminate new technologies quickly around the world? Are patents, which reward inventors by providing them with a government-guaranteed monopoly over their inventio... Read more...
12 April 2016
The growing use of mobile phones in Africa leads to more political protests during recessions and periods of national crisis, according to research by Professor Marco Manacorda and Dr Andrea Tesei to be presented at the ... Read more...
01 March 2016