With the death of Professor Thandika Mkandawire of Malawi on March 27 in Stockholm, Africa has lost its premier thinker on economic development and national governance issues, just when his thinking would have been sought on the imminent disaster that now faces the continent from Covid-19 and a rec»»»

The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion. This bleak warning comes from a United Nations (UN) study into the financial and human cost of the pandemic. It will be the first time that poverty has increased globally in 30 years, according to t»»»

BISHKEK (TCA) — A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) study highlights opportunities for the Central Asian nations Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to diversify their exports and transform their commodity-driven economies, UNCTAD reported on its website. Kazakhstan and Turkmenist»»»

The G20 said on Friday the number of eligible countries asking for debt relief rose to 46 applicants since April from regions all over the world as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on the global economy. Africa made up the bulk of the applications with 30 nations seeking assistance »»»