Small Egypt Farmers Catch the Eye of Agribusiness: IFAD Finds Key to Success

12 years ago

Twenty-odd years ago, groups of dispossessed farmers and unemployed youth were resettled on smallholdings in Upper Egypt. Authorities told the…

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

12 years ago

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

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

12 years ago

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

Uttar Pradesh, India: Water Management Key to Reducing Poverty

12 years ago

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

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

12 years ago

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

Bangladesh: Steadily Moving Up without Beating the Drum

12 years ago

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

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

12 years ago

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

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

12 years ago

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

Connecting a Country: Iraq Gears Up for a Telecoms Leap

12 years ago

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

The Equator Principles: Banking on Sustainability

12 years ago

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