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January 7, 2007

Monetary Policy
Dollar and euros — not dollars or euros. And more dollars than euros in 2006

I have every incentive in the world to find evidence that central banks have diversified away from the dollar.   I like being right as much as the next guy.   Back in early 2005, Nouriel and I -- bui…

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Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

June 30, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s Indictment of African Presidential Leadership

In 2016, once again, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has found no retiring African leader qualified for the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African leadership. Mo Ibrahim, a British-Sudanese telecom billi…

Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s Indictment of African Presidential Leadership
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 5, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Mo Ibrahim Foundation Honors Archbishop Tutu

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced on October 4 that it is making a “one-off extraordinary award” of U.S. $ 1 million to Desmond Tutu, the retired archbishop of Cape Town, “in recognition of his lif…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chairman of The Elders, listens to Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy who was speaking over a monitor from Myanmar, during a discussion regarding humanitarian leadership at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, September 21, 2011.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 7, 2008

China
Has China lost interest in the euro?

The blogosphere’s eyes and ears in the London foreign exchange market -- Macro man -- thinks so. China has, he thinks, been a net seller of euros over the past few weeks.   That is something of a …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

October 16, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
No Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership this Year–Again

The Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is awarded to a democratically-elected African chief of state who pursues good governance and then leaves office according to the constituti…

Sudanese-born telecommunications entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim listens during a conference promoting good governance in Africa, in Tanzania's capital Dar es Salaam 15/11/2009.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition