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Africa in Numbers
For students taking the EdExcel Unit 4 Global Economy course this data rich article from the Guardian comes highly recommended. They take seven indicators to help emphasise the structural...
Hysteresis Effects from the Global Financial Crisis
The financial crisis and the Great Recession have left Europe worse off than before due to falling investment and low productivity alongside an ageing population. That is the central message of a...
Is New York City Too Small?
The NIMBY-ism (‘not in my backyard’) of local politics leads to a bias against large cities that constrains national productivity growth. That is the central conclusion of a study by Frederic...
Visualising 25 Years of Human Development
2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the first Human Development Report. This new website from the UNDP showcases examples of how human development has inspired development, advocacy and policies...
Overseas Aid and Development Debate
How effective is overseas aid in promoting and sustaining growth and development in poorer countries? This is a huge ongoing debate in development economics. Our Storify draws on different...
Does debt relief help economies grow?
Many governments are hampered by huge fiscal deficits leading to the accumulation of large national debts. This can be a serious obstacle for growth and development, especially for several of the...
Economics of a Natural Resource Curse
Recent articles and analysis on the economics of natural resources and whether they act as a constraint and barrier to economic growth and development in many of the world's poorer countries.
Revision Presentation - International Competitiveness
This is a revision presentation on international competitiveness which we define as the ability of a business or a country to compete effectively in international markets
Industrialisation in Africa
Economics coverage of Africa can be a bit bleak, although perhaps they shouldn't be, with incomes rising rapidly in parts of Africa. There tends to be lots of focus on problems, such as primary...
Brazil - Will Stagflation Hold Back Development?
One of the BRICs countries, the outlook for growth and development in Brazil has worsened in recent times. According to some economists, the Brazilian economy is now in a state of stagflation, due...
Challenging times for exchange rates
Three recent articles have been useful this week in considering fixed and floating exchange rates.
Brexit – new report on the consequences of the UK leaving the EU
A new report has been produced seeking to estimate the economic consequences of the UK leaving the European Union
Changes to the CPI Basket for 2015
The annual changes in the make up of the basket of goods and services used to calculate the consumer price index have been announced.
What is the Gini coefficient?
This BBC news article looks at the origins of the Gini coefficient as a measure of income inequality
What is Game Theory?
Game theory is the mathematical study of decision-making, of conflict and strategy in social situations.
Currency pegs around the world
There's a great graphic in the Economist to illustrate the currency pegs in operation around the world.
Standard of living in the European Union
This info graphic from the Office of National Statistics provides an overview of the measured standard of living across the twenty-eight member nations of the European Union. The UK is ranked 4th...
Inequality in Big Cities
Large cities are more unequal than the nations that host them, according to research by Kristian Behrens and Frederic Robert-Nicoud, published in the December 2014 issue of the Economic Journal....
Articles on Oil Prices
An updated posting of relevant articles on the global oil market
The Case for Growth - Collier and Besley in Conversation
What should be the central strategies for growth? Economists Paul Collier and Tim Besley are in conversation about effective growth strategies which are essentially about harnessing scale (of...