Economic Development
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1/ Two questions for Gulf economies are increasingly important: a) why do they lack innovation? b) why do they struggle to create jobs for citizens? A few overarching and persiste...
In eight years, I am proud to say that we have doubled Nigeria’s stock of infrastructure to GDP from about 20% to over 40%, and that is no small undertaking.
The west in their typical short sightedness caused by their 4 or 5 year election cycles, have completely misjudged the Belt and Road initiative. Determining its outcome mere 10 ye...
All set for inauguration one of the world’s largest refinery,to commission by Buhari.The 650,000 barrels per day oil processing facility has been designed to process crude oil gra...
Historically, China's poverty-alleviation efforts tended to be top-down in nature via large government-sponsored direct spending Widening income/wealth disparity, both regionally...
"Oman's special economic zones & free zones saw 6% growth in 2022, with a total investment of 15.2bn OMR. 13 established zones (3 free, 1 economic, 9 industrial) and 8 under develo...
Korea announced that its future India strategy will have strong focus on development cooperation. Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) Framework Agreement worth 4 billion d...
For my Substack, I wrote about the Chinese highway system and the unique role I think it plays in the poverty alleviation campaign. I'll summarize some key points here, but if you...
What did Putin do for Russia? A look at how Vladimir Putin Transformed Russia from a broken state post-USSR day into a world Power both economically as well as militarily. #Thre...
I’ve long argued that countries should adopt well-designed industrial policies ▪️ Developed countries: maintain competitiveness of mfg. industries & manage the disruptive effects...
How can China become a developed country through Chinese champion companies like BYD ? It's a story of industrial supply chain distribution and geography...🧵 This map shows the G...
Yahoo or Fraud is not prevalent because of a lack of values It's a function of poverty and education not being a certain route to socioeconomic success >85% of courses studied in...
The impressive "China Model" that emerged as the clear winner in the last 20 years.👇 Western neoliberalism has languished. And they have no explanation other than crying, "But we...
Fantastic episode! My only quibble is that @humford @davideoks could have provided more detail about what makes manufacturing special. In their (excellent) article they mention inc...
WARRI was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's. Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC , Delta glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operatio...
It's difficult to see how India can break out of the "middle income trap" without more emphasis on manufacturing https://t.co/cBxnWzgZDJ
IF AFRICA BELONGED TO THE CHINESE MAN Africa is a continent that is blessed by nature but in the hands of the wrong people. Africa is nature's kitchen. No Winter. Nature is alwa...
Critics on Twitter often claim China's infrastructure investment in developing countries is excessive, unprofitable and a waste of money. Perhaps I can explain to you through this...
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (SEZs): India was, among the 1st in Asia to recognize the importance of exports and so set up Asia's 1st Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Kandla (Gujarat) in...
The pandemic accelerated China’s move up the value chain from labor-intensive final assembly to higher-value intermediate products like textile and electronic components https://t....
Dear Governor Elect of Katsina State, @dikko_radda I am writing this open letter to you to highlight some key reforms & policies in agriculture that could help improve the develop...
All these comparisons with Singapore, China, US etc are asinine. Pretty much every major economy on earth achieved a high level of development before becoming a full democracy or a...
China now has a net inflow of scientists. In contrast, the US, which greatly benefited from talent inflow in the past, saw an outflow in 2021. Data from @OECD https://t.co/7wU1ne...
Canadian Chamber of Commerce report released today urges the federal government to finally get serious about building the infrastructure necessary to fast-track the extraction and...
