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How Bingo Came in From The Cold
Think of bingo and it’s highly likely that the image that first springs to mind is of a smoky, old fashioned hall packed with women of a certain age whose attention is focused on a caller announcing the numbers as
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Q&A with the Executive Secretary of the UNCDF: Judith Karl
How would you sum up in three single words what characterises your team at UNCDF? Innovative Nimble Trusted What are you trying to accomplish? We aim to make finance work for the poor. In the current global financial ecosystem, finance
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Alisher Sultanov, Energy Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan: There Must Be Conservation and Cooling in Uzbekistan
Driving from the airport to Uzbekistan’s ancient city of Bukhara, visitors can see a series of new residential buildings on the side of the road, evidence of the building boom currently underway in Uzbekistan. If you look closely, you can
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Ana Palacio: Europe on a Geopolitical Fault Line
Two months ago, in his address to the United Nations General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his fear that a “Great Fracture” could split the international order into two “separate and competing worlds,” one dominated by the United States
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Tadau’s Susanna Lim: CEO’s Vision of a Zero-emissions Future, with the Means and Drive to Achieve It
Malaysia’s Tadau Energy envisions a World without pollution, zero emissions, so that future generations can inherit a healthier planet and clean air. Susanna Lim is the founder and — since 2015 — CEO of Tadau Energy Sdn Tsb (TESB). She
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PwC Bermuda: New Tech and Cybercrime Top List of Concerns in Reinsurance Survey
The inability to deploy new technologies and the readiness to confront structural change top the list of risks — the banana skins — facing the global reinsurance industry. This is according to a biannual risk report by PwC. Entitled Reinsurance
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Banco Hipotecario: Vision, Dynamism and SDG-Adherence
Banco Hipotecario President Celina Padilla Meardi has a vision to create better opportunities for her fellow Salvadorans through banking services. She believes that updating knowledge in legal, financial and technological areas will help to achieve that goal. She has put
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FAMA Investimentos: Shared Economy Investment Opportunities that Meet the Highest ESG Standards
If, five years ago someone approached a fund manager and said: “I come from five years in the future and have valuable information. In my time, you can request a car or taxi ride via an app wherever you may
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Unity: Central American Insurance Giant Counts Its People as Assets
Unity — the only regional insurance broker in Central America — is focused on delivering the best service to its clients. That means the best negotiations on insurance programme coverage on all lines: personal, corporate, life and health; offering the
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ACTIVE RE: Willingness to Embrace Opportunity Brings its Own, Enduring Rewards
Active Re was born after its Chairman and CEO, Juan Antonio Niño, saw the gap in the regional market of reinsurance solutions and the immense opportunity for business. As he worked with several captives in early 2000’s, by 2007 he
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