After the recent success of the Regional Roaming Agreement, landmark progress on economic competitiveness and innovation has been achieved in the region.

Børge Brende and Martina Larkin · Euractiv 08 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

'Eden bonds': how rewilding could save the climate and your pension

Eden bonds - a newly proposed financial instrument - would fund rewilding projects at the same time as generating safe, long-term returns for institutional investors. Here's how they woul...

Henry Boucher 14 Oct 2019

European Union

2 spaces need filling on the ECB Executive Board - who's in the running?

The European Central Bank has two vacant positions for the executive board, but who will fill them? The members must be able to influence the ECB on policy decisions to make a broader agr...

Stefan Gerlach · Project Syndicate 08 Oct 2019

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is booming - and here's why, says the Prime Minister

With a young and tech-savvy population, near double-digit growth and a modernizing, forward-facing economy, Bangladesh is open and ready for business, says the country's Prime Minister Sh...

Sheikh Hasina 04 Oct 2019

Infrastructure

Here’s why infrastructure will make or break our response to climate change

Simply calling for “more infrastructure” is worse than insufficient. When it suggests more of the same, it’s simply wrong

Joel Moser 23 Sep 2019

Institutional Investors

The UK has opened a 1,300 km cycle trail linking England and Scotland

From the Peak District to John O’Groats, nearly 1,300 kilometres of off-road ups and downs, forest trails and canal paths await two-wheeled adventurers in the UK. The newly launched Grea...

Charlotte Edmond 06 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

Sub-Saharan Africa has all the natural capital it needs to grow its tourism industry

Africa has an enormous opportunity to take advantage of its abundance of natural resources, according to the 2019 edition of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report.

Maksim Soshkin 04 Sep 2019

Africa

These are the 5 biggest risks facing sub-Saharan Africa this year

The launch of the World Economic Forum’s Sub-Saharan Africa Risks Landscape report highlights the key challenges to the region.

Sean Fleming 03 Sep 2019

Africa

How can the African private sector woo China?

African businesses must understand why the reasons why the Chinese have opted for lending rather than investment over the decade.

Jinghao Lu 01 Sep 2019

United Kingdom

The UK is using shipping containers to create affordable housing

In the face of the affordable house shortage in the UK, one architect company is constructing homes out of shipping containers.

Matt Davis · Big Think 13 Aug 2019

Cities and Urbanization

These eco-friendly, affordable housing settlements around the world are under threat

1 billion people worldwide currently live in slums - this is expected to reach 3 billion within the next 30 years. Is 'development' really helping them?

Tanzil Shafique · The Conversation 09 Aug 2019

Climate Change

Bangladesh tries new way to aid flood-hit families: cash up front

'Forecast-based funding', money in advance of an expected disaster, could help vulnerable people to avoid the worst losses, backers say.

Naimul Karim · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 08 Aug 2019

International Trade and Investment

5 ways to boost sustainable trade in the world’s poorest countries

As the WTO’s Aid for Trade initiative comes under review, here are the key issues to consider in the context of today's fast-changing global trading system

Violeta Gonzalez and Fabrice Lehmann 04 Jul 2019