October 16, 2019/Cordros Report After three consecutive months of deceleration, consumer prices increased in September, as headline inflation widened by 22bps to 11.24% — the highest reading since May 2019 – according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In terms of drivers, we witnessed price pressures across both the […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Iron Deficiency Undermines the Lives of Millions in Africa – Isn’t it time we do more to end it?
October 15, 2019 By Rémy Ejel, Market Head for Nestlé CWAR Ltd Document link: http://bit.ly/2OWpbEC There is an African proverb that says: “Your food is supposed to be your medicine and your medicine is supposed to be your food.” Yet millions of people on the continent are not living their lives […]
The Economic Cost of Devaluing “Women’s Work”
October 15, 2019/IMFBlog Kristalina Georgieva, Cristian Alonso, Era Dabla, and Kalpana Kochhar As much as half of the world’s work is unpaid. And most of it is done by women. This imbalance not only robs women of economic opportunities. It is also costly to society in the form of lower […]
