Fatema Mernissi: Beyond the Veil – A Seismic Shift in Islamic Society

11 years ago

An Islamic feminist may seem a contradiction in terms, but Fatema Mernissi is anything but. This Moroccan author and sociologist…

IFC: Indonesia Needs Good Corporate Governance

11 years ago

Indonesia’s economy is facing tough challenges: A slowdown of gross domestic product growth, a depreciation of the rupiah and a…

Inez Murray: Women in Business – Bankers Advised to Take Note

11 years ago

Getting banks to notice women is quite the challenge. Whereas research consistently shows that women are exceedingly good at managing…

Bitcoin – Chronicle of a Failure Foretold

11 years ago

Transaction malleability – a fraudulent, though most lucrative, way of receiving money without anyone actually sending it – is driving…

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013): A Great Tree Has Fallen

11 years ago

In the mid-20th century Africa was starting once more to find its own voice, having been gagged by centuries of…

World Bank: Helping Electrification Efforts in DRC

11 years ago

Sub-Saharan Africa is blessed with large hydropower resources that can bring electricity to homes, power businesses and industry, light clinics…

Volume of Investments Boosting the Real Estate Sector Reflected at Largest Ever Edition of Cityscape Egypt

11 years ago

Egypt’s leading international property event to Feature more than 100 Exhibitors. Cairo 24th of March 2014: This April will witness one…

Barry E. Silbert: Going Out on a Limb, Reinventing Capital Markets

11 years ago

SecondMarket was set up in 2004 and has since expanded into multibillion dollar trading platform with well over 53,000 registered…

2014 Set to be Turning Point for Saudi Real Estate Sector

11 years ago

2014 Edition of Cityscape Jeddah Set to be Largest Event Ever Held Jeddah, March 2014: The year 2014 is all…

Blythe Masters: The Risks of Spreading the Risk

11 years ago

Out of a tragic oil spill came forth a new financial instrument: The credit default swap – to some a…