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Measuring Wealth to Track Sustainability
The new edition of the World Bank’s Little Green Data Book, released on World Environment Day 2014, includes a new indicator called change in wealth per capita for more than 200 countries. The World Bank Group has adopted change in
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African Leaders, Business Community Push for Financing of Priority Regional Infrastructure Projects
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, poor infrastructure is a major bottleneck for sustainable development Signaling a new push and renewed commitment, the Dakar Financing Summit is focusing on regional infrastructure with a view to boosting investment and catalyzing greater cooperation By tackling
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UN Labour Report Shows Solid Return for National Investments in Quality Jobs
Developing countries that invested in quality jobs from the early 2000s grew nearly one percentage point faster every year since 2007 and were better able to weather the economic crisis than comparable economies, according to a new report by the
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Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Group: Macroeconomics and Stagnation – Keynesian-Schumpeterian Wars
Policy makers in the advanced economies at the core of the global financial crisis can make the claim that they prevented a new “Great Depression”. However, recovery since the outbreak of the crisis more than five years ago has been
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Booz & Company’s Ideation Center: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East
One of the greatest challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is to bring more women into the workforce. The region has a large number of aspiring, young, and well-educated women who lack exposure to work. Over the
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Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA): Private Business as Educator – Bridging Africa’s Job-Skills Gap
In the wake of the global financial crisis, Africa’s sustained economic growth over the last decade has compelled the global investment community to take note. Foreign direct investment has skyrocketed and top international law firms are opening up offices from
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Michael Joseph: Banking for the Masses Fuels Mobile Networks
M-Pesa, mobile money, is the lasting legacy of Michael Joseph’s decade-long term as CEO of Safaricom, the largest mobile network operator in Kenya. M-Pesa allows mobile phone users to send each other small amounts of money, and access a host
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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 colonial oppression. For all that time, the story of Africa had been told by Europeans. The narrative they presented was
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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 and schools, and spur economic activity, creating jobs and improving human well-being. Yet, only 10% of this hydropower potential has
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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 of the most important events on the industry calendar, Cityscape Egypt 2014 in association with Next Move. Following 5.9% growth
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