Regional Integration of Equity Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

Equity markets in developing and emerging economies have grown in number and importance as a result of financial market globalisation. However, their role in economic growth and development is enhanced if nascent markets are integrated with well-established ones. Market integration, measured by the transmission of returns volatility, is identified across a sample of SSA countries, using a unique dataset. Evidence for potential integration between financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is found. Spillovers are found across markets, some unidirectional and others bi-directional. However, continued illiquidity and incomplete institutions indicate that an integrated financial community remains premature, and considerable regulatory reform and harmonisation will be necessary for this to succeed

IBPP Research Associates: Namibia

The article discussed – Letter From Tripoli, by Tee Ngugi, a lecturer and a political and cultural commentator based in Windhoek - was posted on the November 5, 2003 issue of the online version of The Namibian. It may not be provided in Scholarly Commons due to copyright restrictions. In the fictional letter “written by” Colonel Gadaffi to Thabo, the author discusses equally fictional weapons – the mosquito-armed warhead a Mosqlear bomb and its tsetse fly equivalent a Tsetsetomic bomb – and the supposed impact of sending them to modern colonizing powers

IBPP Research Associates: Namibia

The article discussed - POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE - Big Bodies and Small Minds, by a staff writer at The Namibian - was posted on the April 4, 2003 issue of that paper. Copyright is reserved by allAfrica.com, and part of the article may be viewed online there. The full article resides in the AllAfrica archive, and it may be fully accessed via an AllAfrica subscription. The article discusses the ramifications of the US-led war against Iraq and Saddam Hussein, and the impact it had on the popularity of that Iraqi leader in the Arab world

IBPP Research Associates: Namibia

This article - Divergent Viewpoints Are Essential, by Gwen Lister - was posted on the July 20, 2001 issue of The Namibian. Due to copyright restrictions, a copy of the article may not be made available in Scholarly Commons for download. The article discusses the efforts of the author and colleagues to discuss a presidential ban of The Namibian in Namibia. At the printing of the article, the attempt to meet with the Namibian president to discuss the viewpoints - the views of both government and the newspaper - had not met with success

IBPP Research Associates: Namibia/Turkey

This article - The Globalization of Old Age, by Serdan Sayan - was posted on the January 9, 2003 issue of The Namibian (Namibia). It has not been posted in Scholarly Commons due to copyright restrictions. Though a subscription for full access to the article is required, partial access to the article is available online in the archives of Project Syndicate. The article discusses wealth inequality and the aging, or graying, of the world\u27s richest nations and the subsequent possible global impact of this demographic reality. The author is Vice-Chairman and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Economics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

IBPP Research Associates: Namibia

The IBPP Research Associates piece features comments made in Namibia in the wake of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks within the United States, Namibian reactions to those attacks. The comments were posted on The Namibian, and copyright permissions were not available regarding a downloadable copy of the section of the publication in which the comments appeared. Please contact The Namibian for further information

IBPP Research Associates: Namibia

This article was posted on the February 9, 2003 issue of The Namibian by Willy Amutenya. The author discusses the escalation of tribalism and racism in Namibia. Copyright permission for the article were not available, and it is not in Scholarly Commons for download