Tag: Brazil

Policy Imperatives for Boosting Global Growth and Prosperity-David Lipton

March 8, 2016/IMF Let me start by thanking the National Association for Business Economics and Tom Beers for inviting me to speak to you today. At the recent G20 meeting in Shanghai, countries recognized the challenges facing the world economy, acknowledged that the recovery remains too weak and uneven, and […]

Aliko Dangote Again Emerges Africa’s Richest, Ranks World 51st worth $15.4 Billion-Forbes

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Aliko Dangote, has emerged the 51st richest man in the world and still the richest man in Africa for the sixth consecutive time with net worth of $15.4 billion, according to Forbes latest ranking in 2016. Dangote has diverse investment in sugar, cement, flour and beverage […]

South Africa was continent’s top FDI recipient in 2013

Foreign direct investment flows to Africa increased nearly 7 percent to an estimated $56 billion last year, nearly a fifth of which went to top recipient South Africa, a United Nations report said on Tuesday. Africa, along with Latin America and the Caribbean, helped drive FDI inflows to developing economies […]