The Africa Center, in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South, hosts a discussion on how air transport in Africa could be a powerful catalyst of economic growth, underpin regional trade, and fuel skilled job creation.
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December 15, 2017The In-focus session about Jobless Growth during the Atlantic Dialogues on December 14th led to a passionate debate on the future impact of jobless growth on Africa as well as the world economy. « Jobless growth » was coined by the American economist Nick Perna (Yale) in the early 1990s. The causes of this phenomenon are highly discussed. For instance, automation is seen as the main source of jobless growth by some economists while others argue that it falls into a «  ...
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December 12, 2017Infrastructure development is a key factor for growth and an essential catalyst for sustainable and socially inclusive development. The emergence of a large middle-class on the African continent is driving the demand for socio-economic infrastructure including access to water and sanita...
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