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Inside this issue
• Shambolic services are arguably the biggest drag on the continent’s development
• Last summer’s optimism is giving way to a quesy feeling
• See also G20: China and the World 2009 and the main report
• Interactive graphic: African commodities - -
Content
Fragile development gains in danger
William Wallis on the dramatic speed with which the downturn is taking hold
Foreign aid: Recession renews donor debate
Richard Lapper on the exposure of narrowly based African economies
Infrastructure: Crisis puts the brakes back on
Matthew Green on the biggest drag on a continent’s development
Snapshots: Open markets feel greater strain
FT correspondents take a look at a selection of economies
Remittances: An important cushion in a downturn
Richard Lapper on income that in some countries exceeds aid flows
Banking: Isolation provides little respite from world’s distress
Matthew Green and Barney Jopson report on a looming credit squeeze
Life gets tougher in a city where borderline survival is commonplace
Barney Jopson on the impact of the rising cost of subsistence living in Congo
Commodities: Scant defences against a bust
Tom Burgis and William MacNamara on the result of excessive dependency
Policy: turning back to the IMF
A meeting billed as a chance to ‘brainstorm’ responses to the global slowdown yielded slim pickings in terms of ideas, writes Barney Jopson
