IMF Mission to Egypt: Improvement in Targeting of Energy Subsidies

12 years ago

A staff mission from the International Monetary Fund visited Cairo during April 2-15. At the conclusion, Andreas Bauer, Mission Chief…

UN Report on International Investor Disputes

12 years ago

Foreign investors are increasingly resorting to investor-State arbitration to settle investment disputes, with a record number of cases filed last…

IMF: The Risk Side of Exceptionally Low Interest Rates

12 years ago

Several years of exceptionally low interest rates and bond buying by some advanced economy central banks have improved some indicators…

Mines and Money Beijing 2013

12 years ago

Mines and Money Beijing is China’s leading conference and exhibition focusing on Chinese outbound investment into international mining projects. With…

Dairy Price Surge Hits UN Food Price Index

12 years ago

A sharp surge in the price of dairy products pushed the overall costs of food one percentage point higher in…

Millenium Goals: Ban Ki-Moon Calls our Hero Malala Yousafzai

12 years ago

The United Nations on April 5th called for accelerated action in the next 1,000 days from governments, international organizations and…

The IMF on Low Income Country Bounce Backs

12 years ago

Low-income countries have bounced back in the past two decades. Analysis in the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook…

President Kirchner: Another Peron?

12 years ago

President Kirchner, who has been in office since December 2007, was re-elected in 2011 and may have her sights on…

IDB Approves US$ 617 Million in Development Funding

12 years ago

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) recently approved US$ 617 million towards funding development projects including  important projects in the areas…

Gillard Under Pressure: Unfairly So?

12 years ago

Julia Gillard was born in Barry, South Wales in 1961 but renounced her UK citizenship on entering the Australian parliament…