Bad news for South Africa's economy
Blackouts have reduced the potential size of South Africa’s economy by almost a fifth since they started being imposed around 2008, according to an energy specialist at Africa’s biggest fund manager.
Outages can be expected every week this year and if the...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/9623863/IMFs-epic-plan-to-conjure-away-debt-and-dethrone-bankers.html
Said paper
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12202.pdf
High telecoms costs in South Africa slammed by IMF
South Africa’s high telecommunications costs and a lack of competition are holding back economy, says IMF
This is a fantastic tool to show the actual growth and current state of countries and economic indicators.
http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php
As always enjoy the East (China) comparison with the West (North America).
Let me know what you think and any interesting...