But until Africa's economies become more diversified, they will be over-exposed to changeable weather, fickle aid flows and volatile commodity prices.

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Friends say he, and CQS' 160-member staff, are good at integrating many fields of activity--politics, financial flows, central bank strategies, commodity prices and so on--into a snapshot and then acting very quickly.

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Economic policy in these nations has evolved, to the point where they have managed to efficiently navigate a global environment of high commodity prices, low interest rates, and large capital flows.

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Brazil, Chile and Mexico have all seen their economic prospects brighten during the past year as commodity prices rose, rich-country economic growth strengthened and private capital flows to emerging markets resumed.

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The combination of a massive commodity windfall and extremely loose monetary policy in advanced economies have channeled huge capital flows to these economies.

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