Fatema Mernissi: Beyond the Veil – A Seismic Shift in Islamic Society

An Islamic feminist may seem a contradiction in terms, but Fatema Mernissi is anything but. This Moroccan author and sociologist…

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IFC: Indonesia Needs Good Corporate Governance

Indonesia’s economy is facing tough challenges: A slowdown of gross domestic product growth, a depreciation of the rupiah and a…

11 years ago

Inez Murray: Women in Business – Bankers Advised to Take Note

Getting banks to notice women is quite the challenge. Whereas research consistently shows that women are exceedingly good at managing…

11 years ago

Bitcoin – Chronicle of a Failure Foretold

Transaction malleability – a fraudulent, though most lucrative, way of receiving money without anyone actually sending it – is driving…

11 years ago

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013): A Great Tree Has Fallen

In the mid-20th century Africa was starting once more to find its own voice, having been gagged by centuries of…

11 years ago

World Bank: Helping Electrification Efforts in DRC

Sub-Saharan Africa is blessed with large hydropower resources that can bring electricity to homes, power businesses and industry, light clinics…

11 years ago

Volume of Investments Boosting the Real Estate Sector Reflected at Largest Ever Edition of Cityscape Egypt

Egypt’s leading international property event to Feature more than 100 Exhibitors. Cairo 24th of March 2014: This April will witness one…

11 years ago

Barry E. Silbert: Going Out on a Limb, Reinventing Capital Markets

SecondMarket was set up in 2004 and has since expanded into multibillion dollar trading platform with well over 53,000 registered…

11 years ago

2014 Set to be Turning Point for Saudi Real Estate Sector

2014 Edition of Cityscape Jeddah Set to be Largest Event Ever Held Jeddah, March 2014: The year 2014 is all…

11 years ago

Blythe Masters: The Risks of Spreading the Risk

Out of a tragic oil spill came forth a new financial instrument: The credit default swap – to some a…

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