International Finance

Category : Economy

Building Knowledge Economies in Asean Requires Education, Innovation

Asia’s extraordinary rise on the global stage has been driven largely by its emergence as the world’s low cost, high output factory. Over the past three decades Asia’s extraordinary rise on the global stage has been driven largely by its emergence as the world’s low cost, high output factory. But as countries strive to become...

MENA: A job has always meant more than a Salary

tremendous reservoir of untapped human resources and talent that is ready to be unleashed in MENA. “Al Karama!” – “Dignity!” was one of the main rallying cries  of  the ‘Arab Spring,’ as  thousands of  young people  took to the streets demanding economic and social justice. Rising unemployment has been cited as one of the main causes...

Africa’s Agriculture and Agribusiness Markets Set to Top US$ One Trillion in 2030

Africa’s farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 if they can expand their access to more capital, electricity, better technology and irrigated land to grow high-value nutritious foods. WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013–A new World Bank report “Growing Africa: Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness,” says that Africa’s farmers and agribusinesses could create...

Poland needs to give its Entrepreneurs a Second Chance

Poland’s development of an economy is almost organic, with each generation of enterprises going through successive phases of growth and decline, and being displaced by a new generation, with different, often more sophisticated products.x Before being a successful entrepreneur, Henry Ford was a failed one.  In 1901, his first company went bankrupt, because of poor...

Strengthening Social Accountability in Europe and Central Asia

City governments and mayors in the region are now facing difficult challenges arising from climate change, economic transformation, and demographic shifts in their cities. Sustainable development – particularly in cities – must be both environmentally responsible and socially inclusive. This is especially true for the Europe and Central Asia region, wherein more than two-thirds of...

Improved South-Southeast Asia Connectivity Key to Boosting Trade, Rebalancing Economy

Technology the key in Boosting trade between South East Asia and South Asia. April 28, 2013: Better connectivity between South Asia and Southeast Asia – through hardware and associated software – can unlock the full benefits of closer economic ties between the two subregions and help rebalance Asian growth toward domestic and regional markets, delegates...