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Entrepreneurs of the World Rise: 2020 Strategies
A billion
new entrepreneurs are on the march; young and old, big and small, from rich nations and from poor nations,
this time most entrepreneurs all...
Global Turmoil: Ethics offer a way out of the crisis
Rarely is out-of-the-box thinking needed more
than in this era of geopolitical, political and economic turmoil.
The stakes couldn't be higher in a world in
which civilizationalist...
Fair Competition Is Needed for the Economic Empowerment of Women in the Arab World
Authors: Ferid
Belhaj and Rabah Arezki*
Female labor force
participation levels in Arab countries are the lowest in the world—despite the
rising educational attainment of women reaching...
Economic Outlook: Weak trade and investment threaten long-term growth
Trade conflict, weak business investment
and persistent political uncertainty are weighing on the world economy and
raising the risk of long-term stagnation, according to the OECD’s...
Will December 2019 represent the nadir of multilateralism and Human Rights?
Human Rights Day is observed by the
international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in
1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted...
Riots in Iran
Protests
against the petrol price rise and rationing in Iran began on November 15 in
Ahvaz, when the Iranian government announced the fuel price increase up...
A New Currency Offers New Hope for Zimbabwe
For many Zimbabweans queuing up outside banks last week, it must have felt like the beginning of a new era. A decade after the...
Post-Brexit UK will continue to offer significant opportunities
PwC’s new report, Brexit
and beyond: Assessing the impact on Europe’s asset and wealth managers, outlines the chief findings from qualitative interviews with senior
executives at...
Emerging East Asia Bond Market Growth Steady Amid Global Slowdown
Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond market
posted steady growth during the third quarter of 2019 despite persistent trade
uncertainties and a global economic downturn, according...
Emerging and Developing Economies Less Prepared Now for a Deeper Downturn
Emerging and developing economies are less well positioned today to
withstand a deeper global downturn, should it occur, than they were before the
2009 global recession,...