Economy & Markets
A small deal but a big step in the right direction
Authors: Yang Yizhong & Paul Wang
After more than one year of tortuous negotiations and the quarrels between the United States and China, one trade...
IDA: Partnering with the Eastern Caribbean Small States
With its natural beauty, blue seas, and white sands,
the Caribbean has long been a prized destination for visitors. The
region’s location and geography – a...
Banking on action: How ADB achieved 2020 climate finance milestone one year ahead of time
As they extend their power grids, build more roads and
bigger cities, and cultivate forestland, developing countries in Asia and the
Pacific are increasingly contributing to...
The Yuan versus the Dollar: Showdown in the Global Financial Arena
At the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the United
States laid the foundation for the U.S.-centric international monetary system,
thus ensuring the dollar’s status as the key...
Why Wealthy Countries Must Step Up Their Contribution to Fight Global Poverty
Member countries of the International
Development Association (IDA), a part of the
World Bank Group, are meeting shortly to discuss the 19th replenishment of IDA,
which will...
BRICS countries deem a single crypto currency
Speaking on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, which took place in
Brazil in mid-November, President of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)
Kirill Dmitriev came...
Is Russia Rich or Wealthy?
Authors: Apurva
Sanghi and Glenn-Marie Lange Vedemosti (Russia)
Which would you rather be: rich or wealthy? And what exactly is the
difference?
Being rich is related to...
On Monopolies: From Standard Oil to Google and Amazon
One of the
very first investigative journalists, Ida Tarbell, went after the
"throttling hand" of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller. By
1880, his company owned 90...
The agreement between International World Group and National Ocean Technology Center
International
World Group (IWG), the new and already well- established company founded by
Giancarlo Elia Valori has signed a very important Agreement with China’s
National Ocean Technology...
Belt and Road: Prospects for Sino-Armenian cooperation in the financial-banking sphere
The main
aim of this research is to analyze and present why and how China is trying to
implement a plan with which it could become...