Latin America: Corruption – Disrupting Business as Usual
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here,” says Captain Louis Renault of the Casablanca police upon entering Rick’s Bar. A...
Robert J Shiller: The Mirage of the Financial Singularity
In their new book The Incredible Shrinking Alpha, Larry E Swedroe and Andrew L Berkin describe an investment environment populated by increasingly sophisticated analysts...
Mohamed A El-Erian: The Great Policy Divergence
Over the next few weeks, the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are likely to put in place notably different policies. The...
Nouriel Roubini: 2008 Revisited?
The question I am asked most often nowadays is this: Are we back to 2008 and another global financial crisis and recession?
My answer is...
Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom Opening Up to the World
With a new king, a reshuffled cabinet, and a carefully crafted plan in place, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is ready to open up...
WEF: Beyond Davos
From helping China open up its economy (1976) to avoiding war between Greece and Turkey (1988) and bringing together West and East Germany (1989);...
IFC: Climate Change – Threat and Opportunity for Private Sector
As world leaders met at the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in...
IFC: After Paris, What’s Next for the Private Sector?
It’s been two months now since the historic climate change conference, COP21, wrapped up in Paris, concluding with 195 countries pledging to take actions...
IFC: Latin America and the Caribbean – Seizing a Trillion Dollar...
Soon the world will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the historic climate agreement signed in Paris in December 2015. The agreement will be implemented...
UNCTAD: Africa Rising
Africa needs investment to advance sustainable development and see the continent prosper. James Zhan, Astrit Sulstarova and Mathabo le Roux argue that the nature...