economy

Zimbabwe: Why the West should cut aid to Mugabe's apologists from Ark-888 816 days old

This Commentary by UK MP Kate Hoey in the UK newspaper The Telegraph brings up some very good points. That the US and the UK are inadvertently propping ...

Zimbabwe: [NYT] “The Powerful Thrive” in impoverished Zimbabwe from Ark-888 835 days old

In this absolutely excellent article by the New York Times, a concise and thorough overview of the situation that Mugabe has created in Zimbabwe is presented. ...

Zimbabwe: A most outlandish point of view from Ark-888 836 days old

[ ... ] Zimbabwe's economy would be easy. We all have sacrifices to make?" "My point is that you can't blame shoppers for thinking that, unless they ...

Zimbabwe: Revenge of Marxist-Leninists from Ark-888 846 days old

[ ... ] The economy, saddled with sanctions, was tied hand and foot to apartheid South Africa. Moreover, there was the land issue, not to be ...

Zimbabwe: 7 links to 7 news sites and blogs about the alarming situation in Zim from Ark-888 852 days old

So many things have been happening in the past few weeks in Zimbabwe that I can not possibly contain it all into one post. In response to a monthly ...

DISPATCH: ZIMBABWE - The Story from Ark-888 856 days old

[ ... ] It looks like, after 5 years of predictions, every ones fears about Zimbabwe's economy going into melt down are now coming true.

International Development: Good News, Global Poverty is Decreasing from Ark-888 862 days old

The percentage of people in developing countries living in extreme poverty (the number of people living off less then US$1 a day) has decreased from ...

Zimbabwe: 1 packet viennas (2007) = 39,880 houses (1985) from Ark-888 868 days old

June 27th, 2007: I just saw a packet of viennas for Z$997 000, yes you got it - nine hundred and ninety seven thousand dollars. If you consider that ...

Zimbabwe: The Crises Deepens from Ark-888 873 days old

In the past few days there has been a flood of news coming out of Zimbabwe. None of it good I am sad to say. It was announced last month that the ...

India: The People that Industrialisation is Leaving Behind from Ark-888 891 days old

[ ... ] of an economy to a more beneficial industry, society will suffer some pain in the readjustment; but that the overall gain to society vastly ...