Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Group: Liquidity Glut, Infrastructure Finance Drought and Development Banks

10 years ago

The world economy faces huge infrastructure financing needs that are not being matched on the supply side. Emerging market economies,…

Chollywood: Chinese Film Industry Set to Expand Rapidly

10 years ago

The French Lumière Brothers are credited with enabling the birth of modern cinema but since the 1920s this is indisputably…

How Much Does Pollution Cost?

10 years ago

As it becomes increasingly necessary to reduce emissions, organizations and governments are looking for ways to compensate for the harmful…

The IT Scene in China: Alibaba’s New ‘Open Sesame’ Financing

10 years ago

Alibaba is China’s largest e-commerce company. It is a privately owned Hangzhou-based group of Internet-based e-commerce businesses which, amazingly enough,…

Strategy&: Meeting the Big Data Challenge

10 years ago

Recent research on Big Data should sound an alarm bell for companies. On the one hand, there is a link…

World Bank Reaffirms Commitment to the People of Egypt and the Country’s Development Priorities

10 years ago

World Bank Regional Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, Inger Andersen, affirmed support to the people of…

Professor Mary Beard: Every Inch a Fascinating Woman

10 years ago

Mary Beard, professor of Classics at Newham College, Cambridge, is quite unusual. She is one of very few academics to…

Mr Cameron Throws a Tantrum and Loses an Agenda

10 years ago

Politics must surely be one of the most fascinating of art forms. The levels of spin employed by artists to…

United Kingdom – Splitting Rage Takes Root

10 years ago

For all admiration the British nation inspires, anglophiles and others slightly less impressed are wondering what is wrong with the…

Matteo Renzi to the Rescue? European Union – Looking for a Leader to Reassert Its Role

10 years ago

To the pundits and other talking heads who wrote off Europe as a spent force: You ain’t seen nothing yet!…