World trade suffered another disappointing year in 2015, experiencing a contraction in merchandise trade volumes during the first half and…
OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises. Over the past decade, cross-border trade and investment by state-owned enterprises (SOEs)…
Too often companies put together look great on paper but are fraught with management and structural problems that end up turning…
A recurring conversation I have with clients concerns the ability of banks to create credit, and of governments to monetise debt,…
Just as a broken watch still tells the right time twice a day, the persistent doomsayer will eventually be vindicated.…
On Tuesday, August 18, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) surprised the markets with a partial relaxing of the currency…
Ending extreme poverty for good and building shared prosperity across the developing world takes money – a lot of money.…
In the end, it may have been nothing more than a flash in the pan. Unable to fulfil the promise…
One of the much-anticipated events in Asia this year is the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community which will allow…
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today discussed and endorsed the 2015-2020 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Azerbaijan.…
