Since its conception, the charter city has been condemned for violating the rights of the very people it aims to help. The few attempts to establish one have fallen apart due to fears – not wholly unwarranted – of the ...
With an advanced and ever-growing communications technology sector, India would appear an ideal candidate for the use of mobile money to foster financial inclusion in communities without access to brick and mortar banks. In a 2014 keynote address in Mumbai, ...
In one of my first pieces for Glimpse from the Globe, I discussed Ireland’s vulnerability in the global economy. I considered three threats facing the relatively young nation: an Irish economic bust similar to the death of the Celtic Tiger, ...
The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a free-trade agreement, yet to be signed, that goes far beyond simply lowering tariffs. It establishes an almost definitive market union between the US and the EU. The agreement will indeed tear ...
South Africa’s agriculture industry can breathe a sigh of relief. No, its farming exports will not lose preferential, duty-free access to the US market under the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA)—but for a while, a tense trade dispute with ...
Conditional cash transfer programs are a common poverty reduction tool used by many governments and nonprofits in their development aid programs. These direct transfers of cash to individuals, are conditional on meeting and adhering to certain criteria, such as enrollment in school. But ...
As 2015 draws to a close, every region of the world is experiencing some amount of volatility that will persist into 2016. Some countries around the world will resolve their problems and thrive; others will fail to meet their challenges ...
Burundi faces the worst economic and political crisis that it has seen since the 1993-2005 Civil War. Ironically, while that war ended with a new constitution and the peaceful parliamentary appointment of President Pierre Nkurunziza, the current unrest has been ...
Kenneth Lee The Trans-Pacific Partnership, representing 40% of global GDP, is the largest trade deal in history, short of the General Agreement of Trade and Tariffs. It is a victory for more openness and trade liberalization, which economics shows increase ...
A nebulous cloud of secrecy hangs over the $50 billion Nicaragua canal project, a murky initiative to open another Central American water bridge. At its helm are Chinese telecom mogul Wang Jing and Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega, who recently amended ...