Mohamed A El-Erian: Is the Perfect Storm Over for Markets?
Earlier this year, financial markets around the world were forced to navigate a perfect storm – a violent disruption fuelled by an unusual amalgamation...
Dalia Grybauskaitė: Marketing Coffee and a Country for Nearly 60 Years
Women political leaders who make it to the top are few and far between. Those that stay in power are even more of a...
Mo Ibrahim: Cleaning Up a Continent
Engineer, academic, expert, innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist: Mohammed Ibrahim is a rich and successful man who now applies his vast resources to fight corruption...
Luke Alphey: Tinkering with Insect Genes
Mosquitoes are amongst the most pernicious and deadly creatures in the world. They are responsible for the spread of the dreaded dengue fever, a...
Jan Koum: He Won’t Stop
“We want to know as little about our users as possible,” Jan Koum claims. Mr Koum is cofounder of instant messaging app WhatsApp. It...
UNCTAD: A Policy Recipe to Get Investment Flowing Again
James Zhan suggests world leaders make a joint effort to harmonise and formulate appropriate investment policies to help build investment firepower to face 21st...
Spotlight on Montenegro
Can the double-edged sword of this tiny country be finally sheathed by a merger into the European Union?
IT isn’t entirely certain that Milo Djukanovic,...
Middle East: New Roads Leading to Teheran
There can be little doubt as to the economic importance of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). A tide of contrasting change has...
World Bank Group: Are Stars Aligning for Clean-Energy Financing?
One of the biggest bangs on the opening day of the Paris COP21 climate summit was without doubt the dual announcements by the Breakthrough...
Grant Thornton UAE: Islamic Finance Oil Prices Impact
Modern banks started offering Islamic finance in the mid-1970s. At the time, there were major developments in the Muslim world such as the oil...
