It turns out that climate change is great news for Champagne makers. Rising temperatures are beneficial in reducing grape acidity…
The World Bank made recent headlines with a report showing the number of people living in extreme poverty will dip…
A new draft of changes to the World Bank’s safeguard policies does not provide better protections, and it potentially makes things…
Speaking out against the World Bank comes with consequences, according to Human Rights Watch. The group charges that an atmosphere…
There’s plenty of moral and rhetorical support for fighting diseases of poverty, but if you look at global health spending…
Much is often made of African corruption and one of the latest such scandals is some $3 million gone missing in aid…
The World Bank’s influence is waning. Some point to the emerging Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as evidence of the body’s…
A dispute in El Salvador between a multinational mining company, OceanaGold (aka Pacific Rim) and the government’s desire to ban…
More than 40 countries joined China in forming the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Notably absent from the body meant…
Ebola in West Africa and the conflict in South Sudan are causing significant harm to regional economies in sub Saharan…