1/2 "The current debt problem in Africa is that LMICs mainly owe Eurobond creditors. Given their vulnerability to commodity & energy markets, should they be encouraged to borrow from private bond markets?" IDEAs ED Charles Abugre at #JubileeReport launch event

📌#FFD4 Side Event: "Reform of the International Debt Architecture: A Developing Country Perspective of Credit Rating Agencies & Financing for Sustainable Development" 🗣️ Speakers: Charles Abugre, C.P. Chandrasekhar, Jayati Ghosh, Carlos Maria Correa & Yuefen Li 📖 Read tinyurl.com/wzmya8vy ⬇️

📌 Join us for the #FFD4 side event: "Reform of the International Debt Architecture: A Developing Country Perspective of Credit Rating Agencies & Financing for Sustainable Development" ℹ️ 12:30pm today at Room 17. Don't miss out! South Centre C.P. Chandrasekhar Jayati Ghosh Carlos Maria Correa

It was a full house for the IDEAs South Centre discussion during #FFD4

📢Call for participants! Join the Young Scholar Workshop on "Africa’s Debt Crisis: A Reparation & Reparative Justice Framework Analysis" on 24-26 Aug in Accra, Ghana. Travel costs covered! Apply by 28 July 11:59am (EAT). Read: tinyurl.com/yjahbux4 AFRODAD University of Ghana

🌟We’re excited to introduce the new group of students for the 2025–2026 Advanced Certificate Programme on Research in Political Economy! 📚This year, we welcome 46 students globally, including 22 women, bringing diverse perspectives. Stay tuned for upcoming updates.

apparently I'm a prophet, and strident critic, of (derisked) capitalism. newstatesman.com/business/econo…

📣Young Scholar Workshop on Africa’s debt crisis is underway at University of Ghana in Ghana, bringing together 40 participants from 9 African countries. They're diving into discussions on national debts & international financial landscape. Stay tuned for updates on the final day tomorrow.

🔊🗣️The third and final day started out with a message from Abena Oduro, Associate Professor University of Ghana Department of Economics and a session on ‘Feminist Perspectives on Debt and Development’ delivered by our Mayada Hassanain.

For over two decades, Ghana's financial system has failed to direct substantial productive credit to agriculture and manufacturing. We need a rethink of operations of commercial banks & the conduct of monetary policy by the Bank of Ghana Gotfred Akoto Boafo tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📣#PreG20 Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa on 25-27 Sept! Join leading economists as we discuss topics on industrial dev’t & financial autonomy in the #GlobalSouth. 📺Watch live on Youtube: tinyurl.com/z63ms6wv 🤝🏻Hosted in partnership with @go2UJ, @UNISA & African Studies UCT.

Play the video to see the key speakers at the young scholars workshop from today til tomorrow. Agenda: tinyurl.com/4rrrxdfd Live on YouTube starting today at 9:30 am (South Africa time): youtube.com/live/3k2Ep_aP-… University of Johannesburg Unisa African Studies UCT

"The greatest reparations Africa owes itself is to have ideological clarity, leadership discipline & focus, unity of purpose, institutional coherence, economic & industrial policy consciousness, governance commitment & assertiveness on international stage." -- Brian Tamuka Kagoro

"Independent central banks are supposed to improve the quality, equity & growth impact of monetary policy. Instead, they have served financial interests, with contractionary & regressive effects leading to slower, unequal growth." -- Read Jomo KS’s blog tinyurl.com/3fccxbek

🇸🇩 Sudan’s War: Beyond the Headlines Join Us for a deep dive into the political economy behind the conflict. 🗓️ Oct 13 | 🕕 18:00 EAT 🎙️ Sudanese scholars unpack gold, debt & global dynamics. 🔗 Register at: bit.ly/46H3bVY #SudanCrisis #PoliticalEconomy #AfricaConflict

🔴 Webinar: Political Economy of the War in Sudan 📅 Oct 13 | 🕕 18:00 EAT Explore the role of gold, global finance & imperialism in Sudan’s conflict. 🔗Learn More & Register at: bit.ly/46H3bVY #Sudan #PoliticalEconomy #IDEAsNetwork

Ghana’s banks are not lending enough to sectors where it matters most, like agriculture and manufacturing theconversation.com/ghanas-banks-a… via The Conversation Africa Gotfred Akoto Boafo Seth E Terkper Bank of Ghana JoyNews #TV3GH IDEAS - Africa Network (IDAN)

If agriculture sustains the nation & manufacturing drives its economy, why are these sectors receiving less & less bank credit every year? For >25 yrs, lending to these sectors in Ghana is in steep decline — despite their importance for jobs & devt. Read tinyurl.com/bdd2a6uv

ZOOM LIVESTREAM for IDEAS - Africa Network (IDAN)'s Young Scholars Workshop 📚Topic: Heterodox Approaches to Money, Finance & Economic Development 📅Dates: 23-25 Nov 🕘Time: Starts 9AM GMT daily 🔗Livestream link: Scan QR or visit tinyurl.com/45ndtc5m 📌Read more: bit.ly/4r2MJaD