Statement on Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)
WASHINGTON, October 12, 2017 ‒ The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) donor countries today issued the following statement:
It is with great pleasure that we officially launch...
ILO calls for new strategies to help SMEs get loans
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Rural areas, too long seen as poverty traps, key to economic...
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Private equity firm which owned the popular airline says the total cost of its collapse will take years to calculate as it stares into...
Etihad Swoop For Tony Douglas As New CEO
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World’s richest woman dies
Obituary: Liliane Bettencourt: 1922 - 2017
Controversy and questionable politics were never far away to divert attention from some remarkable skill at leading an industry...
World Bank Study: Entrepreneur Training Focused on Mindset Proves More Effective...
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2017–New World Bank study, jointly released with the National University of Singapore Business School, and Leuphana University today reveals that psychology-based...
Six highlights from the final day of #10WCC
The 10th World Chambers Congress concluded in Sydney today. The last day featured plenary sessions on leadership, the world of tomorrow and the 4th...
‘Securing the free flow of data to the UK economy will...
The UK Government has published proposals for future data sharing arrangements between the UK and EU.
Tom Thackray, CBI Director of Innovation, said:
“This paper is an...