Wise up to Water Risks at the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm
By Josh Weinberg & Maya Rebermark, Communications, SIWI
Hydrologists like to call water the ‘bloodstream of the planet’. But it is much more than that....
Dubai Investments Park: The One-Stop Multi-Purpose Destination
Dubai Investments Park (DIP), the largest integrated business and residential community in the Middle East, was set up in 1997 with a mission to...
Entry Strategies for Middle Eastern Markets
By Tim Rogmans
Despite political turbulence, Middle Eastern markets provide great opportunities for international investors. The region’s advantages include its location at the crossroads of...
Synergising Western and Eastern Approaches: Facilitating Economic Development in Africa
By Snowy Khoza
For decades the two global centres of power, the West (led by Europe and the Americas) and the East (led by China)...
EY’s 2013 Africa Attractiveness Survey: Getting Down to Business
By Michael Lalor
Africa’s rise over the past decade has been very real, and the evidence of the continent’s clear progress is irrefutable; however, there...
Eternal Economic Return: The Global Economic Crisis through the Lens of History
By Larry Allen
Looking back at previous waves of economic crisis, economic historian Larry Allen illuminates our global predicament by uncovering the interlocked economic processes...
Capital Flight and Global Crisis: In Search of a Barometer of Country Risk
By Michel Henry Bouchet
The global crisis and the austerity programmes in most developed countries have cast light on the role of expatriated savings in...
Can Think Tanks Influence Public Opinion and Improve Policy?
By Andrew Selee
Think tanks have sprung up throughout the world, trying to generate ideas and analysis that can be useful in public debate and...
America’s Iran Policy and the Undermining of International Order
By Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett
Strategic competition between America and Iran will shape not only the Middle East’s balance of power, but also...
Karma Matters: Business Sustainability is Beyond Just Lasting!
By Jayantee Mukherjee Saha & Chris Rowley
How can businesses remain sustainable? What is business sustainability all about? What are some of the impacts of...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
