The World Bank: Calling for an End to Poverty

With more than a billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 per day, World Bank Group President…

11 years ago

What Really Spurred the Great Recession?

Based on the research of Ravi Jagannathan, Mudit Kapoor and Ernst Schaumburg Globalization and the U.S. dollar are as much…

11 years ago

Islamic Banking: London’s City Finds New Calling

In a bid to attract a new category of investors and to become a leading centre of Islamic finance, the…

11 years ago

World Bank Initiative for a Low Carbon Future

The World Bank has announced a new Low-Carbon Liveable Cities (LC2) Initiative to support developing country cities around the world…

11 years ago

IPPC Report on Global Warming: Formidable Effort in Juggling with Fuzzy Numbers

In about 25 years the world will have used up its remaining “carbon credit” for the current century. Additional emissions…

11 years ago

CBI: Great Expectations on the UK High Street But Not Out of The Woods Yet

High-street sales continued to grow strongly in the year to September, at the fastest pace since June 2012, and exceeded…

11 years ago

WTO Forecasts Gradual Recovery Despite Cut in Trade Forecasts

World trade growth in 2013 and 2014 is likely to be slower than previously forecast. WTO economists now predict 2013…

11 years ago

Global Interconnections and Spillovers

Extracts from a Speech By Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund U.S. Chamber of Commerce, September 19, 2013 I.…

11 years ago

Cityscape Global 2013: Dubai Property Boom Set to Resume

After the clobbering it received during the Great Recession, the Dubai real estate market is now fully set to surge…

11 years ago

UN Condemns Terrorist Outrage in Nairobi

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday 22nd September condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack at a shopping mall in…

11 years ago