AFRICA: GROWTH’S UPS AND DOWNS
Cashing In on the Digital Revolution
Digitization makes finance accessible, lowers costs, and creates opportunity
The mobile banking revolution in Kenya: Professor Njuguna Ndung’u
Inching toward Integration
A new index allows African countries to see how their regional integration efforts stack up
After Ebola
African countries have made some progress in improving health systems, but holes remain
Impediment to Growth
Africa’s inadequate infrastructure limits the continent’s economic progress, but funding roads, ports, and power projects is difficult
A Fork in the Road
China’s new growth strategy could hurt Africa’s commodity-dependent economies
Runaway Success
Nigeria’s film industry is taking off
Nigeria’s dwindling oil revenues
Segun Arinze "Nollywood has been major contributor to the Nigeria economy
Also in This Issue
Neoliberalism: Oversold?
Instead of delivering growth, some neoliberal policies have increased inequality, in turn jeopardizing durable expansion
The Internet of Trust
Created to bypass banks, bitcoin’s blockchain technology may end up helping them
Guilt by Association
Prejudices sway the debate on using capital controls to tame the risks of fickle inflows
Stagnation Risk
Ongoing economic problems make the euro area vulnerable to prolonged slow growth
From the Editor
Africa Pausing
Strong performance by many African economies over the past two decades led some commentators to coin the term “Africa Rising” to describe the region’s surging economic power.
Currency Notes
The Future Is Plastic
For countries concerned about the environmental impact of their currency, a switch to polymer notes makes sense