Search Results for: World Economic Forum
Could Greece Positively Surprise World Economy in 2016?
January 21st, 2016
Premier sees investors returning to Greece in recent weeks Asset-sales fund announces Piraeus Port stake sale to Cosco Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said investor trust in the Greek economy is returning as the country’s asset-sales fund announced the privatization ...
Suez Canal Upgrade May Not Ease Egypt’s Economic Journey
August 7th, 2015
“Egypt Rejoices,” the television networks and newspapers declared, announcing “Egypt’s gift to the world.” Businesses were closed, the streets of Cairo were empty, and the airwaves were full of patriotic songs and music videos — all featuring adoring images of ...
What Would A Saudi-Russian Partnership Mean For World Energy?
June 25th, 2015
What happens when two nations, that together account for more than fourth quarter of global oil production, begin collaborating on future energy projects? Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi Prince Mohammad in St. Petersburg on June 18 at a ...
Is The Whole World Slowing Down?
April 6th, 2015
The stats just keep getting stranger and, if you’re a policymaker or an investor, scarier. According to a (now widely publicized) McKinsey & Co study, instead of deleveraging after the debt-induced crisis of 2008-2009, the world borrowed another $57 trillion. ...
Why now is the time for London to be proud of its world-leading legal sector
February 10th, 2015
The foundations of any transaction in a market economy are based on one simple thing: trust. And key to this is the legal system that enforces that trust – by making sure that both sides know exactly what they ...
Bitcoin finds a place among the world’s elite
January 22nd, 2015
More famous for being a renegade alternative to a world currency, bitcoin has managed to find a more prominent role among the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Alpine resort plays host to a slew ...
Hong Kong protests about economics as much as democracy
October 10th, 2014
For years, Beijing has feared colour revolutions. Now, it has one on Chinese soil. The Occupy Central movement has morphed into the Umbrella Revolution. Tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens, including students as young as 13, have taken ...
Is bigger better for ASEAN in a mega-regional world?
September 10th, 2014
Big-block trade agreements or ‘mega-regionals’, revolving around one or more major powers, are the latest trend in trade policy negotiations. ASEAN is involved in two: the American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Chinese-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). But ...
WEF: UK moves up global economic list
September 3rd, 2014
The UK has edged up the global rankings in a major annual economic survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Its Global Competitiveness Report sees the UK rise one spot to ninth on the list, while Switzerland and Singapore ...
G20 must shape a new world trade regime
July 17th, 2014
Over the past decade global trade and investment discussions have moved far away from the formal global trade regime. The multilateral system has been mired in the Doha Development Round — defined by a single undertaking and a fixed ...
