Interim Prime-Minister Mehdi Jomâa of Tunisia has offered to host the next World Investment Forum (WIF), scheduled to take place…
By Håvard Halland, John Beardsworth, Bryan Land, and James Schmidt How can resource-rich countries ensure that a sufficiently large share…
She is the only known woman to have been the first lady of two countries. Graça Machel (68) is, however,…
Zambia has seen foreign direct investment (FDI) increase significantly to well over $1bn in 2013 – up 31% over the…
Shifting attention away from the next quarter’s results towards sustainability parameters indicative of long-term objectives, has been a challenge for…
Carlos Rangel, the Venezuelan diplomat and essayist, once pointedly remarked that western nations often send their failed politicians – the…
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$500 million International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) credit…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries can generate significant growth and create jobs by seizing a potential $1.6…
Six years after the start of the global economic and financial crisis, the world economy has still not found a…
The world economy faces huge infrastructure financing needs that are not being matched on the supply side. Emerging market economies,…