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Africa should be able to grow enough staples to feed itself. Why isn't it? <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/7826351630/sizes/z/in/photostream/">World Bank (Flickr)</a>

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Value Chains

How broken value chains prevent Africans from feeding Africa

Africa has plenty of rich agricultural land but millions of starving residents. The problem is that too much money is going to the wrong places along the way.

Why the wait? The World Bank investigates Sub-Saharan port turnover. Photo: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/vithassan/284900957/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Vít Hassan (Flickr)</a>.

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Anticompetitive collusion is silently choking Africa's ports

A new study by the World Bank has found a complex answer to a simple question: why does cargo spend weeks in Sub-Saharan ports?

With a shared currency, entrepreneurs like this Tanzanian vendor won't have to change money when selling their products in other countries. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/justcrono/4773495951/in/photostream/">justCRONO (flickr)</a>.

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East Africa seeks to learn from the Eurozone's mistakes

Has the eurozone crisis made shared currencies passe? East African leaders don’t think so, and they’re looking to Europe for an example of what not to do.

The African Growth and Opportunity Act has generated many jobs in the clothing manufacturing sector, especially for women. Photo: Jenny Bussey Vaughan/Mercy Corps

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The Uncertain Future of Africa's Transformative Free-Trade Deal

Most Americans may have never heard of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, but their closets probably contain at least one article of clothing imported as part of it.

Despite the economic growth in Gaza, many destroyed homes still haven't been rebuilt. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafahkid/3178733990/sizes/m/in/photostream/">RafahKid (flickr)</a>

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Gaza's Growth

Despite the continued blockade on goods in Gaza, the area is experiencing its first period of economic growth since 2007, largely due to Egyptian policy changes.

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Free Trade and the Upcoming Election

With the race for a Democratic nominee finally at an end the focus is swiftly shifting to John McCain, Barack Obama and the November elections.

Mexico City. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yetto/856126769/">Yetto (flickr)</a>

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Mexico's North-South Divide

Are the southern states of Mexico – Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca – getting left out of Mexico's economic growth?

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Politics and Trade: Muslims Boycott Dutch Products

Muslims in Malaysia and elsewhere are boycotting Dutch imports in the wake of an incendiary Internet-posted movie by Dutch legislator Geert Wilders.

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Taiwan's Textile Presence in Africa

Swazi textile workers have taken to the streets, unsatisfied with wages and treatment.

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Flowers for Sale

Imported flowers, like other internationally traded commodities such as coffee, require ethical business practices to ensure worker-friendly and sustainable industries.

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Is Globalization to Blame for Income Inequality?

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A look at the causes of income inequality and how they can be overcome.

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Hollywood Still Seduces the World

Despite growing resentment of US foreign policy, Hollywood continues to experience record growth internationally, perpetuating both negative and favorable views of the US.

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The Next U.S. President and Trade

U.S. presidential candidates are highlighting the importance of how to approach trade, outsourcing and immigration in the face of globalization.

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Understanding the Falling Dollar

Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations talks about the U.S. dollar, foreign exchange markets, and how governments control currency.

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"Made in China" Label Spurs Global Concern

In response to recent product recalls, American parents return millions of lead-painted toys to shops while Chinese parents remain ignorant of the threat.

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