UN: Towards a Rights-based Approach to Migration

11 years ago

The General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Migration and Development opened on Thursday 3rd October in New York with a call…

The World Bank: Calling for an End to Poverty

11 years ago

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

What Really Spurred the Great Recession?

11 years ago

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

Islamic Banking: London’s City Finds New Calling

11 years ago

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

World Bank Initiative for a Low Carbon Future

11 years ago

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

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

11 years ago

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

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

11 years ago

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

WTO Forecasts Gradual Recovery Despite Cut in Trade Forecasts

11 years ago

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

Global Interconnections and Spillovers

11 years ago

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

Cityscape Global 2013: Dubai Property Boom Set to Resume

11 years ago

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