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UN: Education and Youth Unemployment Issues Must be Addressed Now
The process of establishing a post-2015 development agenda must include youth input and participation to reflect the issues that concern them, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Envoy on Youth stressed in late March. “We are at a crossroads. With 1,000 days
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Chancellor Merkel: Saviour of Europe?
Angela Merkel entered politics in 1989 with fall of the Berlin Wall. When she narrowly defeated Gerhard Shroder in the 2005 election, she became the first former citizen of the GDR to lead reunited Germany and the first woman to
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Technological Innovation Must Power Economic Growth in Africa
Technology, science and innovation play a key role in the development of Africa, United Nations officials stressed today, calling on policymakers to redouble their efforts to support this field and form partnerships that harness its power. During a March 2013
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Big Crowds Witnessed at Cityscape Egypt
CAIRO – Cityscape Egypt has once again delivered a strong turnout of serious home buyers and investors packing the exhibition halls over the past three days. Mr. Ashraf El Gharib, Marketing and Sales Director of Rooya Group speaking on the
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WTO: China’s Role in Global Economic Governance
By WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy Extracts from his Speech delivered at the China Development Forum in Beijing, 24 March 2013 Few could possibly disagree that China’s economic performance since 1979 has been miraculous. A poor and inward-looking economy with a
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UNCTAD on Emerging Markets FDI Trends
Foreign direct investment (FDI) going into and out of the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – collectively known as BRICS – is mounting in global influence, according to a United Nations report released on March
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Dilma Rousseff: Big Shoes Too
Dilma Rousseff became the first female president of Brazil in October 2010. As successor to the popular and charismatic Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, she had big shoes to fill. It can now be safely said that although their styles
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The Queen of Jordan: More Than an Ornament
Born in 1970 in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, Rania, wife of King Abdullah II has been his Queen since 1999. Her concerns at home include environmental matters, health, education, youth and human rights. She looks to ‘Righting the wrongs of
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Arab Countries In Transition: Where are they Heading?
By Masood Ahmed Director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” — Egyptian Nobel Prize–winning author
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Pinpointing the Value in CSR
By Thomas Lys, James Naughton and Clare Wang The Unexpected Link between CSR Spending and Financial Performance Proponents of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives tend to justify their position by arguing that these expenditures improve a company’s economic performance―allowing it
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