New UN Report Calls for Major Changes in Global Economic Governance, Management

11 years ago

Six years after the start of the global economic and financial crisis, the world economy has still not found a…

World Bank Group, FAO Aim to Boost Women’s Land Ownership in Central Europe

11 years ago

Women's land ownership in the Western Balkans often involves a complex web of statutory, customary, and religious laws. World Bank…

What Does Carbon Pricing Success Look Like? Ask These Leaders

11 years ago

British Columbia, Sweden, California and China have been pioneering carbon pricing systems to lower emissions and help shift their economies…

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

11 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

11 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?

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 years ago

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