As China continues to transition to a market-driven economy, the country's state-owned companies - in their role as deliverers of reform and policy - are becoming more important, even as ...

Amir Guluzade 07 May 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

How more women politicians in Africa can make a real difference

There has been a recent uptick in the number of women in politics in Africa, but how much of a positive impact do they really have?

Susan Dodsworth · The Conversation 27 Feb 2019

International Trade and Investment

The good news on pensions: sustainable equals profitable

It is a myth that socially responsible pension investments and decent returns are mutually exclusive.

Eric Parrado and Enric Sala 07 Feb 2019

India

India’s building more toilets, but what happens ‘after the flush’?

Inadequate sanitation in India leads to premature deaths and huge economic losses every year. The country has built 80 million toilets since 2014, but it has a serious shortage of functio...

Natasha Jamal, Tejpreet Singh Chopra, and Kate Roberts 29 Jan 2019

Africa

What chocolate and batteries can teach us about Globalization 4.0

"In Globalization 4.0, companies that have nothing to do with growing cocoa still capture a disproportionate amount of profits from its end products."

Mark Doumba 20 Jan 2019

Infrastructure

Infrastructure around the world is failing. Here’s how to make it more resilient

Underfunding of critical infrastructure worldwide is hampering economic progress, and exposing businesses and communities to significant risks. Stronger public-private partnerships, proje...

John P. Drzik 16 Jan 2019

Infrastructure

Can digital securities fund an $18 trillion infrastructure gap?

Urbanization across the planet means exploding demand for new infrastructure – but distributed ledger technology promises access to much wider sources of capital that can help fund it.

Peter Lyons 16 Jan 2019

Climate Change

On climate action, Europe must learn from its digital mistakes

When digitalization began to gather pace two decades ago, the political narrative in Europe too often cast it as a threat to jobs - and now Europe lags behind. We must not make the same m...

Werner Hoyer 15 Jan 2019

India

India is building a brand new city from scratch

Gujarat International Finance-Tec City hopes to encourage international investors and take advantage of India’s growing financial services sector.

Joe Myers 20 Dec 2018

Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development

Is short-termism always bad?

For decades, academics and practitioners alike have complained about corporate 'short-termism'. This column reviews its impact and role.

VoxEU 20 Dec 2018

Cities and Urbanization

5 cities show what urban transformation really looks like

More people are living in cities than ever before, presenting huge challenges for urban planners. Here's how five different cities around the world are approaching urbanization.

Madeleine Galvin and Anne Maassen · World Resources Institute 17 Dec 2018

Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development

The best place to live? Not Norway, according to this research

New research takes an alternative look at human development, suggesting an alternative to the United Nations Human Development Index.

Sergei Scherbov, Simone Ghislandi, and Warren Sanderson · The Conversation 13 Nov 2018

Space

Scientists have successfully created a fifth state of matter in space

Using an unnamed space rocket, a team of German researchers have successfully studied the Bose-Einstein condensate.

Pembe Bilir · Business Insider 13 Nov 2018

Climate Change

Policymakers must act now to prepare for the coming consequences of climate change

The challenge now is to invest in the billions of businesses that can adapt to a changing planet and help their communities be as resilient as possible.

Patrick Verkooijen · Project Syndicate 13 Nov 2018

Digital Economy and Society

Why Bill Gates brought a jar of human waste to a speech

Bill Gates brought a jar of human waste to an event in China showcasing the results of his Foundation's challenge to find a new way of dealing with our waste.

Tripti Lahiri · Quartz 09 Nov 2018

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