Sustainability

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS): Sustainable Results in Challenging Environments

From building shelters in Haiti or helping to improve the school system in South Sudan, to buying medicines in Myanmar…

11 years ago

Michael Pettis: Markets Rationale and Volatility – The Case of China

Last month’s award of the Nobel Prize in Economics set off a great deal of chuckling because one of the…

11 years ago

Harbingers of Climate Doom Gear Up Over Storm

Extreme weather events such as prolonged heat waves in Argentina, killer typhoons in the Pacific and violent storms lashing the…

11 years ago

IFC, ECOM Training Helps Women Farmers Boost Income, Productivity

Women make up 80 percent of coffee farmers in North Sumatra of Indonesia and 50 percent in Lam Dong of…

11 years ago

Emmanuel Nnadozie, ACBF: Africa – BRICS Partnership Is Growing Rapidly

Emerging trends show that recently the BRICS group has become a major force in the global economic arena. The OECD…

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

IFC Champions Water Efficiency in China’s Textile Industry

China’s vast textile industry is a boon to the country’s economy, but consumes high volumes of water. This is a…

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

Wangari Maathai: Attaining Peace that Endures, One Tree at a Time

A young Kenyan girl named Wangari Maathai was sent by her mother to fetch some fresh water. As she reached…

11 years ago

World Bank Reports on Affordable Housing in Egypt

Hamada Mohamed, a taxi driver, is married with a 3 -year-old boy, and expecting a new baby in the coming…

11 years ago