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Border Trouble

Post-Brexit, the UK will remain part of the EU customs union and quite possibly of its single market as well. That is the gist of the tentative agreement reached on December 08 in Brussels between both parties. The UK’s continued

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enso GmbH: Investing in Hydro Power

Alternative Investment Fund Manager enso manages hydropower, the most efficient form of renewable energy. Investing in hydropower signifies investing in a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and social manner. Hydropower is a well-tried, sophisticated, and economically competitive technology. While the average life

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CFI.co Meets the CEO of enso GmbH: Dr Georg Kühhas

Dr Kühhas, can you tell us about the development of the economic environment for investors in hydropower? For quite some time now, we have been faced with rather low prices on the electricity market. As a result, short-term operative yields

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DEG: Turkey – Growth Market and Bridge to the East

Turkey was long considered especially promising in the group of emerging-market countries. However, political developments and Turkey’s susceptibility to recent turmoil in financial markets means that the perception has now shifted. But which is the correct impression? Do current political

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Masoud Barzani: Walking a Tightrope

The world’s largest nation without a country, the Kurds are slowly carving out a few slices of real estate to call their own. Decades of war and civil strife have weakened and toppled governments that stood between the Kurds and

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Elif Shafak: Exposing the Moralising Slappers

Born in 1971 to a diplomat mother and philosopher father, Elif Shafak was destined for intellectual greatness. She did not fail to heed the call and today is Turkey’s most widely read and celebrated female author with thirteen books to

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World Bank Supports New Innovative Financing to Reach SMEs and Exporters in Turkey

The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a US$250 million equivalent loan for the Innovative Access To Finance Project for Turkey whose main development objective is to improve access to longer-term Islamic finance and to factoring for small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs)

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Turkey’s Public Finances: Time for a Fiscal Policy Pivot?

New World Bank report recommends shift to more sustainable growth model. The World Bank today launched a new report, Turkey in Transition: Time for a Fiscal Policy Pivot?, at a conference held in Ankara in partnership with the Ministry of Finance and

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Luther George Simjian: ATM Inventor Misses Out on Fame and Fortune

Born in 1905 in Turkey when that country was still known as the Ottoman Empire, Luther George Simjian became separated from his family in the chaotic aftermath of the Great War and fled to the United States via Beirut and

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IFC: Moving to Green Growth in Emerging Europe, Central Asia and the Greater Middle East

As global temperatures rise, weather patterns shift and natural disasters dominate headlines seemingly every other week, climate change has become a priority for policymakers across the globe. But businesses and investors would be wise to put it front and centre

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