Poor Journalism Fuels Election Disinformation
Poor reporting and media mistakes contributed to the spread of false information by amplifying smear campaigns and participating in narrative laundering in the run-up to and beyond the November 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections in Namibia.
Political Smear Campaigns
Political smear campaigns were deployed online ahead of the November 2024 elections. These campaigns were aimed at undermining the reputations, credibility and trust in particular candidates, parties and entities, including the electoral management body and the elections as a whole.
State Of The Namibian Economy 2022
This is the presentation made by economist Robin Sherbourne for his State of the Namibian Economy address delivered on September 28 2022.
Namibia QER – Quarter 4 2018
A new economic review – to be published four times a year – which summarises recent economic developments and news highlights as well as providing an overview of data trends and key economic variables. This first edition also includes a special focus on reforming Namibia’s commercial public enterprises. Produced with the support of the Hanns […]
Economy Watch Namibia November 2018
The IPPR’s latest economic bulletin bemoans the fact that Namibia continues to drift down global competitiveness and ease of doing business rankings despite the fact that improvements have been factored into national development targets. Namibia’s economic prospects for the next year remain less than rosy – with growth forecasts being downsized. If current predictions hold, […]
Economy Watch – July 2018
This new edition of the Economy Watch bulletin looks at growth forecasts for the world and the region, as well as the prospects of recovery for the Namibian economy. The bulletin also takes a closer look at oil and fuel price trends.
Economy Watch
This issue discusses the IMF’s relatively upbeat growth forecasts, as well as a new free trade agreement for Africa
Economy Watch Namibia
Namibia has slipped down competitiveness rankings once more, and SACU revenues are likely to decline.
Economy Watch Namibia
We look at quarterly trade statistics, and some good news from the labour force survey.
Presentations: Namibia’s Economy and Future Prospects
Two presentations provide insight on Namibia’s economic trajectory
