Christopher Colford, World Bank: Competitive Cities Can Meet the Challenge of Job Creation

Focusing policies on competitive industries can provide jobs for the impoverished, hungry, restive urban millions As magnets for talent and…

11 years ago

The Limitless Power of Latin America: Renewables to Light Up a Continent

In Latin America, renewable energy can supply up to 22 times the region’s power needs, even taking into consideration future…

11 years ago

Uttar Pradesh, India: Water Management Key to Reducing Poverty

For good governance to fully contribute to and enable sustainable development, it needs an institutional framework through which sensible policies…

11 years ago

IFC – International Finance Corporation: Eliminating Poverty, One Loan at a Time

The famed Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto has said it all along: The world’s destitute are oftentimes somewhat less poor…

11 years ago

Bangladesh: Steadily Moving Up without Beating the Drum

Skipping the usual ado and almost silently, Bangladesh is moving up the ladder and surpassing its local peers in a…

11 years ago

Ernst & Young, Argentina: Trusts, Tax Evasion and Money Laundering

By Horacio López Tax division partner at Ernst & Young Argentina On June 30, 2013, it will be a year…

11 years ago

Looking for a Fig Leaf: US & UK Mull Punitive Action against Syria

Here we go again. The US and Britain are whipping themselves once more into a frenzy over the actions of…

11 years ago

Connecting a Country: Iraq Gears Up for a Telecoms Leap

In Iraq the budding telecom sector is to spearhead the country’s drive to full economic recovery. The Baghdad government has…

11 years ago

The Equator Principles: Banking on Sustainability

Financial institutions worldwide are increasingly benchmarking their larger investment projects to the Equator Principles of social and environmental risk assessment.…

11 years ago

Indian Rupee Looking for a Line in the Sand

Earlier this week, Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram unveiled a comprehensive – and long-awaited – plan to improve the country’s…

11 years ago