These three factors – scarce resources, a sense of being at risk and uncertainty – often play a part in eroding the enthusiasm for economic education reform before the ink has even dried on declarations of intent. 2. Have we got a problem? But why should we even change the economic education situation in Germany? Have we got a problem?
Approximately a fifth of SSA economies, comprising about 50 percent of the region’s GDP excluding South Africa, are now described as “frontier markets”. The frontier markets are characterized by strong private sector led economic growth and financial sectors which are beginning to attract investment from abroad. They are starting to acquire similar economic characteristics to the emerging markets of Latin America and Asia.