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Despite the sustained efforts of nations across the Arab world to boost financial inclusion as an important step for economic diversification, Arab...

In Hanoi, Vietnam, this week for his second summit with US President Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s 35-year-old leader, will not only be looking...

On December 19, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, with 152 votes in...

One month after Juan Guaidó, the speaker of Venezuela’s National Assembly, said he was assuming the powers of the Venezuelan presidency, currently held...

Toward the end of 2018, the United States merged existing development agencies into the new US International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC). With a...

Respectable investors aren’t supposed to say, “This time is different.” But, given the market gyrations in recent months, they would do well to keep...

Upon taking office in January 2017, US President Donald Trump intensified America’s efforts to isolate North Korea. And at first, his administration’s...

Surveys from round the world show that people want secure jobs. At the same time, they have always dreamed of a life free from toil. The “rise of the...

Africa is the youngest place in the world. But because African heads of state tend to be older – with an average age of 62 – they are out of touch with...

US President Donald Trump has proved truly disruptive to the transatlantic relationship. His questioning of America’s mutual-defense commitments presents...