Finance

UNIDO: Nowadays it’s Tough on Tigers

Poorer developing countries may find it much harder under current conditions to foster industrial development and structural change than earlier…

11 years ago

UN Report on International Investor Disputes

Foreign investors are increasingly resorting to investor-State arbitration to settle investment disputes, with a record number of cases filed last…

11 years ago

IMF: The Risk Side of Exceptionally Low Interest Rates

Several years of exceptionally low interest rates and bond buying by some advanced economy central banks have improved some indicators…

11 years ago

Dairy Price Surge Hits UN Food Price Index

A sharp surge in the price of dairy products pushed the overall costs of food one percentage point higher in…

11 years ago

The IMF on Low Income Country Bounce Backs

Low-income countries have bounced back in the past two decades. Analysis in the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook…

11 years ago

IDB Approves US$ 617 Million in Development Funding

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) recently approved US$ 617 million towards funding development projects including  important projects in the areas…

11 years ago

China: The Big Spenders

Thanks to rapid urbanization and rising disposable incomes in their country, Chinese tourists spent $102 billion during their travels in…

11 years ago

IMF Statement on Cyprus

Statement on Cyprus by Olli Rehn, European Commission Vice-President and Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. The…

11 years ago

WTO: China’s Role in Global Economic Governance

By WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy Extracts from his Speech delivered at the China Development Forum in Beijing, 24 March 2013…

11 years ago

UNCTAD on Emerging Markets FDI Trends

Foreign direct investment (FDI) going into and out of the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa…

11 years ago