Sunday, Nov 24, 2024

International Finance

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Economy

Kenya Sets Framework to Manage New Petroleum Wealth

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
New oil find in northern Kenya’s Turkana County could reduce poverty for over 900,000. 24th September 2013 Country-owned framework involves local communities in managing petroleum wealth New oil find in northern Kenya’s Turkana County could reduce poverty for over 900,000 Transparent revenue-sharing, skills programs for youth essential to sustainable development Kenya is abuzz with talk...
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Economy

European Union Association Agreement

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
European Union Association agreements are international agreements that the European community / European Union has concluded with third world with the aim of setting up an all embracing frame work to conduct bilateral relations. 24th September 2013 Kremlin has warned Ukraine that if it goes ahead with a planned agreement on free trade with the...
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Economy

Poland Doing Business 2013

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Poland has recorded the biggest improvement globally in terms of facilitating local enterprise. 24th September 2013 Poland is undertaking a series of reforms to improve its business climate. In recent years the country has achieved the biggest improvement globally in terms of facilitating local enterprise. These accomplishments include improving business registration for entrepreneurs, streamlining the...
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Fintech

High Above Earth, Satellites Help Direct Ground-Breaking Development Work

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
A space-based partnership between the World Bank and the European Space Agency is opening up new frontiers in international development. 23rd September 2013 A space-based partnership between the World Bank and the European Space Agency is opening up new frontiers in international development. Using sophisticated Earth observation measurement systems from a constellation of orbiting satellites,...
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Economy

India:Corporate Social Responsibility

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The World Bank seeks to strengthen the collaboration between corporate business strategies and national development priorities by supporting the Government of India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs. 23rd September 2013 What is corporate social responsibility? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is often defined as corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, social enterprise, sustainable development, triple-bottom line, corporate ethics, and...
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Business Leaders

Architect of Austerity Angela Merkel Re-Elected

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Chancellor Angela Merkel won a historic election victory on Sunday as her conservatives scored their best result since reunification in 1990. 23rd September 2013 German Chancellor Angela Merkel scored a resounding victory against her rivals in the national elections in Germany and in the process becoming the only major leader to be re-elected twice since...
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Economy

Currency Overvaluation Could Plunge Argentina into Crisis

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The official inflation data has been widely viewed as inaccurate by economists, created by a corrupt government to hide the real cost of inflation and allowing it to underpay its debts. 21st September 2013 Argentina’s economy minister announced earlier this week that its economy is expected to grow by 6.2 percent next year; its Gross...
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Fintech

Innovation in Poland – Addressing the €10 billion Question

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Innovation is considered a key component for growth in Poland and the country is utilizing €10 billion in structural funds from the European Union to stimulate commercially oriented research, particularly in the private sector. 20th September Poland, as a high income country, is committed to fostering sustainable income growth for the bottom 40% of its...
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Economy

“Septaper” delayed by Fed

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The S&P rose by 1.2 percent to 1,725.48 at 4:02 P.M in New York, the yield on the 10 year Treasury note dropped 15 basis points to 2.70 percent. 20th September 2013 In an unexpected move The Federal Reserve refrained from reducing its $ 85 billion bond buying, saying it needs more evidence of lasting...
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Economy

Jan-Peter Olters: The Catch-up with Europe Is Now Possible

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Kosovo has made considerable inroads into closing the income gap with other countries in Southeastern Europe and the EU. 20th September 2013 Analysts’ assessments of Kosovo’s development fluctuate between disastrous (en route to becoming worse) and resilient (with the potential of considerable growth acceleration). Available statistics help to underpin any view on the state of the...
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