Philippe Chalmin: "Local transformation of African raw materials, not the solution"
Economist Philippe Chalmin, during the presentation of the annual report on prices and profit margins, in Paris, in 2012. © PIERRE VERDY / AFP
By: Jean-Pierre Boris Follow
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Interrupted by the pandemic and the necessary health measures, the program “The great guest of the RFI Jeune Afrique economy” is back as in the heyday.
For the occasion, Julien Clémençot and Jean-Pierre Boris welcome the historian and economist Philippe Chalmin.
For several decades, Philippe Chalmin, at the head of a team of several dozen specialists, has published every year a voluminous directory of commodity markets, Cyclope.
The 2021 edition has just been published.
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As developed countries barely emerge from the worst peacetime health and economic crisis, the prices of major commodities are soaring.
Is the African continent really benefiting from this rapid increase?
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