BRI leads to common prosperity and development

The rejuvenation initiative of Silk Road Economic Belt was first unveiled at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan on September 07, 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Later, the idea...

Banking on Impact: What You Need to Know about Results-Based Financing

From investing in health and education to providing water and sanitation, developing countries need $3.9 trillion each year to power their efforts toward the Sustainable Development...

The US and EU sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran

On May 8, 2018, President Donald J. Trump announced that The United States would unilaterally withdraw from the July 2015 JCPOA Treaty.  The P5 + 1 Treaty had...

Results of the Afreximbank Annual Meetings 2019

The Afreximbank Annual Meetings 2019 and the associated Russia–Africa Economic Conference have come to a close. The events ran from 18 to 22 June in Moscow and...

Armenia’s historic vision for responsible mining

Armenia, named country of the year by the Economist Magazine in 2018, has led a peaceful transition of power, introducing significant reforms in an inclusive and...

The impact of US-China Trade war

It is highly unlikely, that any tangible solution to the Trade war between Beijing and Washington will emerge in the short run. In May 2019, Trump...

The Game of Tariffs

Adam Smith is considered the father of economics. Back in 18th century, he presented the concept of protectionism, which was given to promote the local industry. Nevertheless,...

8 facts you don’t know about the money migrants send back home

Here are eight things you might not know about the transformative power of these often small – yet major – contributions to sustainable development worldwide: 1. About...

Guiding a new generation of learners on inclusive green economy

As population numbers continue to grow and material resource use rises to unprecedented levels, the limits of today’s dominant model of economic growth have become increasingly...

Retirees worldwide will outlive their savings by a decade – and women will fare worse

Retirees in six major economies can expect to outlive their savings by years. Women should prepare to bear the brunt of such shortfalls, going without retirement...

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