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• Corporate Governance Makes the Market Work

  Businesses around the world, regardless of what country or sector are in, share the same basic need for good corporate governance. What is it and why is it... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Building Better Chambers and Associations in Pakistan

  Participants show their enthusiasm at the 2011 Secretaries’ General ConferenceChambers of commerce and business associations in Pakistan have started showing... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• When Doing Good is Good for Business

  

  As multinationals look to expand into emerging and developing economies throughout the world, corporate volunteerism offers an undeniable opportunity for cuttin... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2011 BUSINESS

• Opportunity Amid Concern in Yemen

  

  These days, many can rattle off the statistics on Yemen – half of the population in under the age of 18; more than 50 percent of youth are unemployed; per capit... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Keeping the Economy out of Political Crossfire

  

  The Pakistan Business Council’s (PBC) agenda for economic reforms calling for reducing public finance deficits and increasing education, health and income... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Moldova Looking West

  

  In 2009, pro-Western opposition parties unseated Europe’s last governing communist party amid public protests against the regime. Given Moldova’s high rates of... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Whatever Happened to the Russia of Tomorrow?

  

  Fifty years ago, the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to leave the comfort of Earth’s atmosphere and enter outer space. Five decades... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can Microfinance Ignite a Good Governance Epidemic?

  

  In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell called them ‘connectors’. The growth of social media has popularized the established marketing term for them: influencers... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Will El Salvador’s Democratic Success Continue?

  

  A voting station in Teotepeque, El Salvador, during the 2009 elections. (Photo: Flickr user rosamarilla) Dan Fisk is vice president for policy and strategic... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is 2011 Ghana’s 1978? New National Pension Fund Scheme Could Repeat History

  

  Traders work on the floor of the Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra, Ghana, June 15, 2006. (Photo by World Bank/Jonathan Ernst) Editors’ note: this post originally... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2011 SOCIETY

• Cheat Sheet for Reformers: New Corporate Governance Case Studies

  

  Masses of people in Cairo's Tahrir Square during the protests earlier this year. Can private sector experiences with improved governance provide reformers a... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Business of Putting Yourself out of Business

  

  Millenium Development Goals champions at the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo: Andy Metter via Flickr) With... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 BUSINESS

• Raising the Bar on Corporate Governance

  

  While the situation in the Middle East is fluid and the future is quite uncertain, it is clear that good governance and transparency will be key ingredients... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS

• Change is in the Air?

  

  Russian president announcing a new plan to reduce corruption and improve the investment climate. Image: Vesti.ruThose who follow Russia have been skeptical abou... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS

• Banking on Governance

  

  There are always losers when banks make poor lending decisions. Unfortunately, those losers often extend beyond the banks themselves, whether we’re talking abou... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS

• Private Enterprise and Democracy

  There’s no conflict between free markets and the aspirations of developing democracies. The private sector can deliver the economic benefits of democracy while... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS

• Doing More Than Business

  

  Not every private sector development expert in the world participates in the World Bank Doing Business Indicators Survey, but those that do will be filling out... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2011 BUSINESS

• Do Gender Quotas Add up for Arab Women?

  

  Parliamentarians look on as King Mohammed VI opens a session of the Moroccan parliament, which includes 30 spots for women through a quota system. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Power of Property Rights

  

  (Image source: http://www.internationalpropertyrightsindex.org)Secure and accessible property rights are the lifeblood of a market economy. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS

• A New Dawn for Africa

  

  Sunrise at Durban, South Africa. (Photo: Oscar Abello)While one should not refer to “Africa” as a single cohesive unit, 27 of the continent’s 30 largest... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS