Compounding Crises: Pandemic Disruptions and Weak Recovery Delay Time to Gender Parity to 132 Years
After a big COVID hit, the gender gap hasn’t bounced back, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022. As the...
Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion law a ‘huge blow to women’s human rights’
Friday’s decision by the US Supreme Court which overturns the 50-year-old Roe v Wade judgement guaranteeing access to abortion across the United States, was...
A possible solution to Mongolia’s government debt?
Since its inception in 2011, the Development Bank of Mongolia (DBM) has financed energy, transportation, affordable housing, agriculture, processing factories and mining projects in...
Mongolia is Open for Business
Mongolia is Open for Business
The last two years have proved to be a defying time for countries and citizens across the globe. Under the...
Russian Invasion to Shrink Ukraine Economy by 45 Percent this Year
The war against Ukraine and sanctions on Russia are hitting economies around the globe, with emerging market and developing countries in the Europe and Central...
World can end ‘downward humanitarian spiral’ of Afghanistan
As the world focuses its attention on the war in Ukraine, the UN reminded the international community on Thursday to remember Afghanistan as it...
Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don’t Have Same Economic Rights as Men
Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic...
The ongoing fight against child marriage and ‘bride kidnapping’ in Kyrgyzstan
Although child marriage and “bride kidnapping” are illegal in Kyrgyzstan, both practices still exist in parts of the country. An initiative from a UN-backed...
Global trade expected to slow, after record high of $28.5 trillion in 2021
Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow this year for many reasons including continuing delays in global...
Trust Key for Higher Tax Revenues in Developing Countries
In many developing countries, tax revenues remain far below levels needed to provide citizens with basic services or fund extra spending to minimize the...