The money network:

The money network:

Why crowdfunding threatens traditional bank lending

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

Up to 40% of China’s $1.7 trillion LGFV loans are at high risk of default. What’s a panicking Beijing to do?

December 2007

Africa: Opening up the last frontier at last?


Africa’s banking and capital markets are showing encouraging signs of maturity.


Interest in investment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa is growing. Is this just another bubble? Over the past 40 years, there have been six “false dawns,” where hope in Africa has been ignited by high commodity prices, only to be snuffed out by economic collapse during a commodities downturn.

Despite this, there is an emerging consensus that the boom in sub-Saharan Africa will attract more money, and for longer, than previous cycles. The IMF’s 2007 regional economic...


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