Social Science Research Council
Stephen Ellis is the Desmond Tutu professor in the faculty of social sciences at the Free University (VU) Amsterdam. A historian by profession, he has worked as editor of the newsletter Africa Confidential, as co-editor of the journal African Affairs, and as head of the Africa programme at the International Crisis Group.Africa, the U.S., China and the Economic Crisis
On the face of it, Africa has been relatively unharmed by the world financial crisis. The fact is that it remains the continent that has been the least penetrated by formal institutions of investment and credit – mortgages, bank loans, share dealings, that sort of thing. Much low-level business in Africa is done [...]
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