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Interview with Grete Faremo, Executive Director of UNOPS: Inclusive Infrastructure Development
In pre-pandemic Oct 2019 (about 20 months ago) you wrote an article for CFI.co magazine that highlighted the importance of infrastructure for communities, sustainable development and across the SDGs. If so, how have the world and your conclusions changed? While
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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill: ‘Cheap Childcare’ Led to Winning Athletics Career, Jokes Ennis-Hill
Britain’s most celebrated track and field athlete, Jessica Ennis-Hill, announced her retirement from professional sports at the end of 2016. She left sport as a three-time heptathlon World Champion, 2012 Olympic champion and 2016 silver medallist. But the horizon holds
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Lord Waverley: Quest for Balance and Unity Hampered by Blurred Lines and Differing Standards
There is an increasing recognition of the need to reassess the intersection of global co-operation and security, and how Western democracies can best balance those needs and interests. Global politics is a grey area with individuals, state- and non-state actors
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Balsam Al-Ayoub: Cut and Thrust for Multi-talented Philanthropist
Balsam Al-Ayoub has been fighting for Kuwait — and gender equality — since she was a child. Al-Ayoub’s parents encouraged her and her sister, Lulwa, to get involved in sports at an early age. The sisters gravitated towards fencing, even
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Whitecroft Capital: Banks, Buffers, and One Strategy’s Vital Role in Bolstering Battered Economies
Bank risk sharing – what is it? When asked to write a few words about Whitecroft Capital and our investment strategy, I suddenly realised what a challenge it may be to explain this succinctly. For more than 15 years, we
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The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP): At the Heart of the Arab Oil-Producing World
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) is a multilateral development financial institution whose shareholders are the 10 Arab oil exporting countries. APICORP is energy-focused, with a mandate to support the sustainable development of the industry in member countries. The institution’s
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Ahmed Attiga: The Enviable CV and Impressive Performance of APICORP Chief
Ahmed Attiga is CEO of a multilateral financial institution established in 1974 by the 10 Arab oil-producing countries. The goal of the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation was to finance and support energy and petroleum industries in the region, and in
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TANQIA: Blueprint for Sustainable Treatment is Blazing Trails in Water-Strapped Region
TANQIA – the first privately held wastewater collection and treatment Utility in the UAE, and across the wider Middle East Region – is a company that doesn’t lack vision. Executive chairman of the board Ibrahim Elwan says the firm is
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SegurCaixa Adeslas: The Year that Put Healthcare in Focus
It’s certain that 2020 will go down in history as the year of Covid. The pandemic has affected almost all the world’s population, and put healthcare in prime position of every country’s agenda. Healthcare has been the main tool to
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Scottish Friendly: Being the Friend that Everyone Needs in Times of Trouble
Scottish Friendly began 2020 with a clear strategy in place. No one in the UK knew how quickly the pandemic would sweep the country, or how profound the impact would be. “We had to respond and we had to do
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