Economy
Why Infrastructure Doesn’t Have to Cost the Earth
Here’s a statistic: 75 percent of the infrastructure that will be
required globally in 2050 has yet to be built. That sounds daunting, but the
truth...
The Social-Strategic Revolution: Success for the Reluctant New Executive
The one
stable thing written about in today’s job market more than any other subject is
instability. For most people that
fact has only been a horribly...
How to stabilize Pakistan’s economy?
Pakistan approached International Monetary
Fund for 13th time since 1988 to get a bail-out. This programme is
touted as a recipe to `reduce Pakistan’s public debt’...
Iran travel sector: Ups and downs since U.S. reimposed sanctions
Last November, the Trump administration reinstated sanctions on Iran,
mainly the ones that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, in order to
batter Iran’s...
Russia races for the African market
Russia plans to offer trade
subsidies and investment guarantees as an emergency support for Russian
companies to penetrate into African markets, part of the strategy for...
Maldives Ventures into the Blue Economy
Almost half of Maldives’s population and more than 70 percent of its
critical infrastructure lie within 100 meters of its shoreline
This close proximity to the...
Kleptocracy Under Democracy
Power comes with dire consequences if it
is misemployed. Great minds orchestrate a great nation but a corrupt mind razes
it as personal gain pollutes honor...
Iraq corruption menaces both average citizens and outside investors
While Iraqi forces are still undertaking the slow, grueling effort to defeat
the last vestiges of the Islamic State (IS), and 1.8 million people
remain displaced,...
The new African currency
On June 11,
2019, during a meeting held in Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria, the
fifteen members of the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Massaging Scalps, Not Taking Them: The Battle between Old and New Leadership in a Globalized Economy
Much of the literature published today
focuses on how to help young aspirants to climb the business ladder and become
those future titans of industry we...