UNCTAD: Investment – In Need of Direction
The global financial crisis has impacted heavily on trade: annual trade expansion over the past three years has averaged a tepid 3% annually, compared...
IFC: Why Corporate Governance Is Crucial to Myanmar’s Growing Private Sector
Emerging from decades of isolation, Myanmar is undergoing major reforms to become a more market-driven economy. Many are hoping for a meteoric rise of...
Grant Thornton Hong Kong: Mergers and Acquisitions – Cultural Alignment for...
Too often companies put together look great on paper but are fraught with management and structural problems that end up turning deals into busts....
The UN’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI): A Pioneering Global Framework...
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues—also known as sustainability issues—are posing a shared risk to the insurance industry, business, government, and society at large,...
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);...
Latin America: As Nations Mature Some Are Left Behind
Devoid of subtlety, headlines often fail to convey the real story. While the bumbling and stumbling governments of Brazil and Venezuela dominate the news...
Playing to Win or Playing to Survive? Urbanisation and the Knowledge...
It is no surprise that cities around the world have been expanding over the last few decades. The pace of this trend is breath-taking....
Nigeria: An Economic Upswing Foretold
Oil prices have rebounded from their recent lows and may yet provide temporary relief to Nigeria, allowing the incoming administration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari...
Ernst & Young: Argentina – Departure from Political Cycle
The new Argentine government holding office as from December 10, 2015, represents a departure from the political cycle that ruled the country for the...
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...
