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Bharrat Jagdeo

August 4, 2009

Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana's president

Guyana's president laments the lack of consideration for smaller countries among the G-20 nations, and calls for a change in the relationship between international financial institutions and countries such as his. Writer Brian Caplen

Ralph Gonsalves

August 4, 2009

Ralph Gonsalves, St Vincent and Grenadines prime minister

The currency union of the Organisation of East Caribbean States is eyeing additional members and full economic union status. The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines ponders the future of the OECS and its impact on the wider Caricom group of countries. Writer Brian Caplen

Zambia's fresh ambition

August 4, 2009

Rupiah Banda, the new president of Zambia talks about his vision for transforming the southern African state's economy in the light of a severe economic downturn. Writer Charlie Corbett in Cape Town

Why is clearing so unduly complex?

August 4, 2009

The inadequacies of the clearing system were exposed by the credit crisis - it may be time for an overhaul. By Chris Skinner

Building a solid structure

August 4, 2009

Left to right: Simon Parry-Wingfield and Ben Babcock

HeidelbergCement has successfully restructured the debt accumulated from its Hanson acquisition with the help of Morgan Stanley, who were tasked with Europe's largest-ever stressed refinancing exercise. Writer Edward Russell-Walling

Towards consensus on dynamic bank provisioning

August 4, 2009

The Bracken column is named after Brendan Bracken, the founding editor of The Banker in 1926 and chairman of the modern-day Financial Times from 1945 to 1958.

While the current crisis continues to wreak the worst financial havoc seen since the Second World War, it is at best premature and most certainly hazardous to try to draw any conclusions.

Making Africa's voice heard

July 7, 2009

Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
The severe impact of the global downturn on emerging economies in Africa is often ignored by the West but the African Development Bank is working hard to preserve growth across the continent.

Alexander Dubilet

July 7, 2009

The chairman of PrivatBank explains how the bank intends to ride out the downturn through its focus on increasing liquidity and improving the quality of its loan portfolio. Writer Brian Caplen

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