Gavin Keeton
GAVIN KEETON holds a PhD in economics from Rhodes University. He worked at the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Standard Bank Investment Corporation before becoming Chief Economist at Anglo American, where he advised on developments in the global economy and in financial markets, and their implications for the mining industry. Since 2009, he has been an associate professor in the Department of Economics and Economic History at Rhodes University. He writes a fortnightly macroeconomic policy column in Business Day.
How UNCTAD gets it wrong

How UNCTAD gets it wrong

UNCTAD’s claims that commodity producers in several African countries are deliberately misinvoicing exports to hide illegal capital flight are mostly based on faulty data In July 2016, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published a report...

Gavin Keeton
GAVIN KEETON holds a PhD in economics from Rhodes University. He worked at the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Standard Bank Investment Corporation before becoming Chief Economist at Anglo American, where he advised on developments in the global economy and in financial markets, and their implications for the mining industry. Since 2009, he has been an associate professor in the Department of Economics and Economic History at Rhodes University. He writes a fortnightly macroeconomic policy column in Business Day.
How UNCTAD gets it wrong

How UNCTAD gets it wrong

UNCTAD’s claims that commodity producers in several African countries are deliberately misinvoicing exports to hide illegal capital flight are mostly based on faulty data In July 2016, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published a report...