Economic Development

Nigeria's President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (L) and South Africa's President Jacob Zuma attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (REUTERS/Pascal Lauener).

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World Economic Forum on Africa: Delivering Africa’s Promise

May 6, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi Kimenyi previews the upcoming World Economic Forum on Africa, which centers around the theme "Delivering Africa's Promise." Kimenyi, who is participating in the forum on May 8-10, will seek to expound on how African think tanks can better support policymaking challenges that the continent faces during a session with African cabinet ministers, business leaders and international policy experts.

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Part of the emphasis on the economic relationship is also an attempt to change the perception in America about Mexico and Mexican immigrants.
May 2, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, National Journal
In the News

The bilateral relationship at least with Mexico has been dominated by drugs and violence. I think there is going to be a concerted effort here to refocus attention on the depth and size of the economic relationship.
May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, New York Times
In the News

This is a new world, this is a much more integrated American market than we’ve seen in the past. I think updating the American people on this reality is the main objective for the White House.
May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Washington Times
Interview

A Conversation on President Obama’s Trip to Mexico and Costa Rica

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ted Piccone and Neil Ruiz
In the News

[Kenya's] economy has changed a lot, but we still have a traditional sector that has not changed a lot and that traditional sector is where, I think, [President Uhuru Kenyatta] and his deputy are going to concentrate.
April 10, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Al Jazeera English
In the News

Such [White House] meetings [with President Obama] have served to reward those countries that have made advances in the cause of democracy and human rights.
March 28, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Bloomberg Businessweek
In the News

Foreign aid is not always a blessing. Countries in recent years that appear to have received too much aid too soon include Cambodia and Nepal. The record of foreign aid around the world is littered with cases of wasteful and even harmful projects and programs.
March 15, 2013, Lex Rieffel, The Irrawaddy
In the News

Asia is an economic dynamo, and the [Obama] administration very much wants to be in the region. At a time of limited resources, it's difficult to fund the rebalancing [to Asia], so the value of alliances increases.
February 22, 2013, Mireya Solís, Los Angeles Times
In the News

There has been huge liquidity pumped into the system, but only a fraction translates [into economic support for businesses and households in the United States, Japan, Britain and the euro zone.]
February 14, 2013, Domenico Lombardi, Washington Post
In the News

If you take the Syria issue which is before us right now, what people are waiting for is for the United States to step up and start pulling everyone together. And what's been missing has been the United States playing that role.
December 14, 2012, Robert Kagan, Voice of America