Sudan Referendum   The Brookings Institute reports...   Sudan’s Referendum: Understanding the Economics of Peace   The Brookings Institution   January  2011 — On January 9, the people of Southern Sudan started voting to become the world’s newest country and the first new African nation in decades. The voting stems from the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); and the expected outcome, assumed to result in the south’s independence, will have an enormous impact on the economies of … [Read more...]