New Estimates Show Rapid Growth in Off-Grid Renewables
New data from IRENA shows that about 115 million people worldwide currently rely on the basic energy services provided by solar lights, while another...
Geothermal Energy is on a Hot Path
Geothermal energy development has followed the same storyline for many decades: a low-carbon energy source that can offer reliable and sustainable baseload power, whose...
How China can build a more sustainable financial system
Chinese investors should integrate environmental, social and governance concerns into their investment decisions in order to fulfil their duties to their beneficiaries and support...
Child Marriage May Cost Ethiopia Billions of Dollars
Ethiopia’s economy could potentially lose billions of dollars annually due to child marriage, says a new report by the World Bank and the International...
Spring 2018 EU Economic Forecast: Expansion to continue amid new risks
Growth rates for the EU and the euro area beat expectations in 2017 to reach a 10-year high at 2.4%. Growth is set to...
Digital Youth Summit Advances Pakistan’s Tech Revolution
Passionate techies and entrepreneurs from Pakistan and abroad converged in Peshawar, Pakistan to share knowledge, build skills, and accelerate the growth of KP’s emerging...
Are Global Banks Cutting Off Customers in Developing and Emerging Economies?
Over the last decade, global banks have been tightening operations to comply with regulations designed to curtail money-laundering and terrorism-financing. As a consequence, global...
Quantified at Last: Investments in Digital Technologies Drive Profits, Productivity
Digital technologies such as robotics, mobile and social media, the internet of things, artificial intelligence and big data analytics are transforming the global economy....
Global military spending remains high at $1.7 trillion
Total world military expenditure rose to $1739 billion in 2017, a marginal increase of 1.1 per cent in real terms from 2016, according to...
90 per cent of the planet is breathing in polluted air
Air pollution claims seven million lives a year, UN health experts said on Wednesday, amid new data showing that the problem affects nine out...