June 4, 2018//-Manufacturing is a key economic driver due to its ability to generate jobs and create wealth.
Category: Manufacturing
Chart of the Week: Distribution of Globalization’s Gains
May 31, 2018//-While globalization is generally good for economic growth, the benefits are subject to diminishing marginal returns, according to a recent study of 147 countries from 1970 to 2014. The study looks at how globalization affects the distribution of incomes across and within countries.
No Puzzle About Weak Business Investment: It’s the Economy!
The debate continues on why businesses aren’t investing more in machinery, equipment and plants. In advanced economies, business investment—the largest component of private investment—has contracted much more since the global financial crisis than after previous recession.
Do You Get Diabetes from Eating Too Much Sugar?
May 27, 2018//There is a widespread belief that sugar is the sole cause of diabetes. After all, the disease is characterised by high levels of sugar in the blood.
Producer Inflation Rate for Ghana Goes Up
May 25, 2018//-Ghana’s Producer Price Inflation rate for all industry increased to 6.4 per cent in April 2018 from the 3.7 per cent recorded in March, 2018.
Partnership to Fast-track Green Growth in Africa Sealed
Busan, Republic of Korea, May 25, 2018// — The African Development Bank and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Friday on the sidelines of the African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings in Busan, to promote programs, projects, joint studies and research activities to accelerate green growth options for African countries.
India: Maruti Suzuki Set to Drive in Biggest Ever Capacity Expansion
New Delhi, India, May 18, 2018//- Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor Corp. plans to expand production capacity by as many as 2.5 million cars a year in the decade to 2030 as it lays the groundwork to maintain its dominance in India, where it sells one in two cars.
India’s Biggest Steelmakers Plan Record Output on Strong Demand
JSW and Tata Steel are ramping up to meet an anticipated surge in domestic consumption with the govt set to spend trillions of dollars on expanding infrastructure May 17, 2018//-India’s biggest steelmakers are set to expand production to a record after reporting solid quarterly earnings amid strong steel prices.
Africa’s Business Schools Need to be Locally Relevant and Globally Wise
May 15, 2018//-If 99.6% of businesses in a country like Nigeria employ fewer than 10 workers, does it make sense to teach Nigerian business students how to manage Fortune 500 companies in the US using Harvard Business School case studies?
We are all Winners with AfCFTA, Ethiopian PM tells African Ministers
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 15, 2018//- The transformational opportunities offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area ( AfCFTA) together with the measures needed to unlock them has been the focus for a High-level Ministerial Dialogue convened by the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.