Europe

EU: Single Rule Book in Banking

The European Commission has adopted a package of Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) needed to implement important provisions of the Capital…

11 years ago

European Environment Agency: EU 2050 – Green Economy Needs Fundamental Change

The EU is largely on track to meet its climate change-related goals for 2020. While this is a considerable achievement,…

11 years ago

European Investment Bank: Bank at the Heart of Europe’s Crisis Response

When the leaders of international financial institutions and development banks gathered in Washington DC for their bi-annual meeting a few…

11 years ago

Mr Putin Spills His Coffee Reading the Morning Paper

Where is a leader when you need one? He is probably jogging around the White House with his running-mate Joe…

11 years ago

OECD: Time, Trade and Trade Facilitation

Time is money and a lot of money and opportunities are being lost due to painstakingly long customs procedures, waiting…

11 years ago

Fata Morgana in the High Alps: Musings on Davos

While currencies crumbled in emerging markets ranging from Turkey to Argentina, the world’s mostly self-appointed leaders and assorted hangers-on gathered…

11 years ago

World Bank Group: Spurring Job Growth in the Western Balkans – Research and Innovation

By Paulo Correa and Christopher Colford Promoting economic growth and job creation requires innovative industries that can make imaginative use of business…

11 years ago

EPC: A New Deal for Growth and Jobs in the Eurozone Revisited

By Fabian Zuleeg At the EPC breakfast on 28 January, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde will launch a book on Jobs…

11 years ago

Ross Jackson: The EU as a Green Powerhouse – A Green Opportunity

The recent revelations regarding our American allies’ spying on Angela Merkel and other leading EU politicians, raises – once again…

11 years ago

Sugata Mitra: The Return of the Autodidact – Learning to Trust Students

Professor Sugata Mitra wants anarchy. This professor of educational technology at Newcastle University is hard at work dismantling what he…

11 years ago