Carlos Rangel, the Venezuelan diplomat and essayist, once pointedly remarked that western nations often send their failed politicians – the…
Dr Rachid Yazami almost single-handedly invented a global business now worth some $15bn annually. But, he’s not in it for…
It is hard, if not downright impossible, to gain the upper hand in a debate with a logician who is…
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$500 million International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) credit…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries can generate significant growth and create jobs by seizing a potential $1.6…
Six years after the start of the global economic and financial crisis, the world economy has still not found a…
Women's land ownership in the Western Balkans often involves a complex web of statutory, customary, and religious laws. World Bank…
British Columbia, Sweden, California and China have been pioneering carbon pricing systems to lower emissions and help shift their economies…
The world economy faces huge infrastructure financing needs that are not being matched on the supply side. Emerging market economies,…
The French Lumière Brothers are credited with enabling the birth of modern cinema but since the 1920s this is indisputably…