When I started my first job after graduation in 2008 at a federal owned radio and television station in Abuja, Nigeria, I was paid 40, 000 Naira a month; that’s roughly about US$250. I lived with family at the time, drove a car I really didn’t have to fuel, […]

When governments speak of austerity measures, it seems that they do so without really understanding how these policies affect the general  population, and what these cuts mean for people’s lives. If I could have one wish granted, it would be for politicians born with silver spoons in their mouths to […]

  Austerity measures are making more of an impact now in Europe where there are a great many people who didn’t know the meaning of the word “austerity” or didn’t even know such a thing existed before the onset of the euro-zone crisis. So does Africa need austerity measures or […]

  Africa is a massive yet diverse continent, with diversity not only in ethnic cultures but also in geographic regions, which offer a variety of climates, vegetation and topographical arrays. However, perhaps more importantly these various regions also offer different investment and economic opportunities. In recent years certain African countries […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Trade, Poverty & Inequality.” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org. While trade liberalization undoubtedly improves a country’s economy, economic policies that are biased against laborers cause the population to remain poor. Policy makers need to realize the huge difference between […]