Johannesburg, South Africa, June 5, 2017/ — Denouncing Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris Climate Agreement, Greenpeace International, a leading non-governmental environmental organization says the decision would cost the US its global leadership position and its share of the economic benefits of the clean energy transition.
Washington, USA, May 10, 2017/ – In a letter appearing this week in full-page newspaper ads, major companies are urging President Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement on climate change for the good of the U.S. economy.
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 May 2017 – Since 1967, the occupation by Israel of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, has distorted the Palestinian economy.
Africa Utopia returns to Southbank Centre for its fifth year, from 15-16 July 2017, with a lineup of some of the most exciting musicians, artists, performers and thinkers from across Africa and its diaspora.
Currency wars have been often cited as a policy trade off when signing a trade agreement. At the same time the world is evolving into Global Value Chains with every country engaged in different levels of production and trade integration.
The world’s economic leaders and stakeholders came together at the 2017 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings amid a more positive outlook on the global growth, which is forecast to hit its fastest pace in five years.
Paris, France 30 April 2017 — Organisations led by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, two of the world’s most powerful advocates for action on climate change, have committed to work together to implement the Paris Agreement.
Orange has announced the launch of Orange Bank, a mobile-only banking service.
Momentum in the global economy has been building since the middle of last year, allowing us to reaffirm our earlier forecasts of higher global growth this year and next.
Productivity drives our living standards. In our April 2017 Fiscal Monitor, we show that countries can raise productivity by improving the design of their tax system, which includes both policies and administration.
