What does Trump and Brexit mean altogether for international trade? 2016 has been an eventful year and it is likely to go down the annals as the year that the trade map of the world was redrawn. The Brexit vote in June is a shocking vote that saw the United Kingdom voting to leave the […]
Nigeria’s Economy: Inflation, GDP Growth and Jobs
http://afripol.org/ Nigeria’s grip on inflation rate is becoming consistent at third quarter with a single digit at 9.3 percent, and with an impressive economic growth rate at 7.72 percent in August. So far a significant development and good track record is brewing, for at the beginning of third quarter inflation rate was 9.4 percent in […]
Republican victory and Democratic defeat: Making sense of the mid-term election shellacking
http://www.afripol.org/afripol/item/196-republican%E2%80%99s-victory-and-democrat%E2%80%99s-defeat.html “The rent is too dawn high,” New York gubernatorial candidate Mr. Jimmy McMillan said but in this case “The unemployment is too dawn high” that’s what brought about Republican super victory. The American people believed that the country is moving in the wrong direction due to the state of the economy – “The economy stupid” […]
Kazakhstan: Political Players Reshuffled
by Adil Nurmakov Kazakhstani political field may only seem still and silent against the background of a one-party parliament and a long-ruling president. But in its depth it is very lively – passions and intrigues are brewing both within the state apparatus and in the opposition’s camp. The competition between groupings is not transparent for […]