Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Waiting for the Age of Reason
Her life has been an extraordinary journey across varied political, cultural, and geographical landscapes. She is beautiful, intelligent, courageous, and quite outspoken.
Author, campaigner, politician,...
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...
Don’t demolish, retrofit: Buildings key to net zero in UK
THE UK’s net zero efforts have so far been defined by industry bodies calling for government action — but retrofitting buildings could be the...
Calestous Juma: A Biotech Revolution for Africa
In western countries, the genetic modification of crops is often seen as a threat to the environment. Professor Calestous Juma takes a contrarian view:...
Reports of Viacom’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
Time was when Viacom’s infamous booming audio logo trumpeted the sound of success. And in the risk-ridden world of TV entertainment shows it held...
SDG4: Gender imbalance and poverty traps on the road towards equal...
BV’s JASON AGNEW continues his series on the United Nations’ Social Development Goals. In this issue, he dissects and discusses SDG4.
SDG4: QUALITY EDUCATION
NELSON Mandela...
Cooking up a storm with Spanish disaster-relief chef Jose Andres
COMBINING his skills as a chef and entrepreneur, Jose Andres is on a mission to cook for the many, instead of the privileged few.
By...
SCORE-ing big! How a cooperative approach to improved work conditions in...
Improving SMEs workplace practices can help them achieve better productivity. The ILO’s SCORE Training programme is helping companies in China improve work conditions, and...
A century after the flames, desire for justice smoulders
HEATHER LEAH SMITH looks at ‘Black Wall Street’, the Tulsa Massacre, and ongoing economic inequality in the US
EXAMPLES of systemic racism abound in American...
High street hopes trump high ambitions for UK companies
UK BUSINESSES are “hyper-local” with few international aspirations, a recent survey revealed.
As Brexit draws closer, more than half of those canvassed believe their local...
