Stories about Economics & Business from July, 2006
Kenya: Stockbroking nightmare
Girl in the Meadow has a few complaints about the performance of Kenyan stockbrokers.
Ghana: Wireless initiative
Timbuktu Chronicles notes the “Wireless Ghana” initiative, an affliate of the CUWIN project. The project's prime goal is to make Internet access in rural communites a reality, he writes.
Hong Kong: Consumption tax
The Hong Kong government plans to introduce consumption tax in Hong Kong. Ben Ng goes through the Japan experience in consumption tax and raises his voice against this tax item,...
Vietnam: Is Vietnam the next China?
The blogger at itsthefinalword links to a post that compares China's growth with that of Vietnam's.
Nepal: Budget Blues
Bahas on the upcoming budget for Nepal. “It is easy to assume that the concerned officials of the government are aware of the emerging situation but, if they are not,...
Moldova: Corruption and Middle Eastern Food
Peter Myers of Adventures in Moldova writes about corruption and Middle Eastern food in Moldova.
Bermuda: Paradox of plenty
The Limey's latest “Open Mike” topic is “the paradox of plenty”, tabled by contributor “Tiger Bay”: “Resource-rich countries, such as oil producers, often develop slower than less endowed countries. Quite...
Cameroon: Debt Cancelled by Canada
Fojrega writes (Fr) that: “Canada's Minister of Finance announced tuesday that he was cancelling the USD 198.9 million debt that Cameroon owed Canada.” Cameroon fulfilled enough conditions to become the...
Bahamas: A drug lord's legacy
In light to recent rumours that notorious Colombian drug lord Carlos Lehder was seen partying at a Bahamian resort, Larry Smith discusses Lehder's “Bahamian legacy”: “The bottom line was that...
Kenya: Job-search headache
Afrofeminizta is on a job-hunt, sharpening her strategies and wondering how to outperform her competitors. “The search for a new job requires almost a whole separate strategy for handling the...
Ethiopia: Wolfowitz statement
Ethioblog takes issue with recent “disheartening” comments from World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, who traveled to Ethiopia a few days ago. He calls them “guarded to the point of being...
Kenya: Aching heads
“Something I think that headaches are a national disease in East Africa,” writes Video journalist. “You cannot go for two minutes on the streets without having some kind of headache...
Uzbekistan: Happy Uzbeks
James explores how to explain the happiness of Uzbekistan's citizens despite the host of problems they face. Could it be relatively equal income distribution?
Russia: Failure to Join WTO
Sean Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog writes on why Russia hasn't joined the WTO.
Serbia: Symbols of the 1990s (2)
Viktor of Belgrade Blog posts part 2 of the series about the 1990s in Serbia: “Walking down some streets all you could hear was buzzing and see money switch hands,...
China: How do you say RSS feed in Chinese again?
One day soon, when content flow between Chinese and English websites reaches a reciprocal balance, when newspapers, textbooks and bloggers everywhere go bilingual, how well-positioned will you be? It's not...
Tanzania: Organic wine company
Timbuktu Chronicles discovers a new wine organically produced in Tanzania by a company called Cetawico, which aims to “create employment, stimulate local initiative and develop new agricultural skills.”
Big six-O, Brunei in July
15th July, 2006 marks the Sultan of Brunei's 60th birthday. Let the celebrations begin! Nonnie has a post in her blog, Spiritual Garden about Bandar Seri Begawan, the Brunei's capital...
China: Blogsphere
Lyn Jeffery in Virtual China reports on China Market research's finding in Chinese blogsphere: “CMR estimates that 80% of Chinese online urban youth 18-25 (50 million people) are actively blogging...
Uzbekistan: Happy Planet
Ben Paarmann reports on Uzbekistan's fairly high rank on the Happy Planet Index. He notes that Uzbekistan's score (as well as those of neighboring Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) are not a...
Bangladesh: Freedom fighters in business
imperfect world 2006 on doing business with a freedom fighter. “Basically he was saying that a freedom fighter loves his country and would therefore never defraud or cheat anyone. A...
