covid-19

EU Prime Ministers Beat a Path to The Hague

This month, The Hague has become the destiny of choice for EU prime ministers and presidents embarking on a pilgrimage…

4 years ago

UNCTAD: COVID-19 Has Hurt Global Investment but the Recovery Offers the Chance to Build a More Sustainable Economy

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted investment and trade flows, but it arrives on top of…

4 years ago

World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia: Interview with Anna Bjerde

Congratulations with your Mayday promotion as World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia. Are you excited to lead…

4 years ago

EY on COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity for Reinvention of Family Enterprises

Family businesses and SMEs face great challenges, as well as personal and financial losses, in these turbulent times. On the…

4 years ago

Saying No to China

What had originally been announced as a series of conferences followed by a high profile summit in Leipzig to seal…

4 years ago

South Africa and the Struggle for Reform

Widely considered a bellwether for emerging market sentiment, South Africa’s rand has been on a dizzying rollercoaster ride, seesawing on…

4 years ago

Japan Opens the Money Spigot

Once upon a time, Japan was said to pose a menace to the economic hegemony of the industrialised countries of…

4 years ago

Europe: Fig Leaves to Save Spain and Italy

Looking to score without breaking a sweat, European politicians of almost every ideological persuasion often turn on ‘Brussels’, assigning blame…

4 years ago

Austerity Arrives in the Kingdom

For the first time in living memory, the Saudi government has embarked on a major austerity drive. In early June,…

4 years ago

Hold the Bulls: US Recovery Marred by Uncertainty

In early June, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research formally declared a recession –…

4 years ago