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11 October 2016
This interview was conducted by Joel Sandhu for the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to…
11 October 2016
On the last day of the AWID International Forum in Brazil, more than two thousand women came together to help imagine a feminist future, and to look at the hard realities of…
10 October 2016
Johanna Mendelson Forman argies that food is an important aspect of national security, social entrepreneurship, and peacebuilding. We are witnessing a revolution in food. New…
10 October 2016
Their message is that it will change production, benefit consumers and bring a sense of togetherness, writes Giuseppe Porcaro. Any device with an on-and-off switch can (and should…
07 October 2016
Nelson Mandela once said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” He should know. Mandela, and others, vanquished perhaps the world’s second most…
07 October 2016
Since the financial crisis, central banks have taken on a far more significant role in economic management. But with diminishing returns of and unintended consequences from…
07 October 2016
15 years after he coined the term, Jim O'Neill explores the progress of the BRICS. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the “BRICs,” the term I coined to…
06 October 2016
But the effect on firm performance has been mixed across the different countries, write Simona Comi, Mara Grasseni, Federica Origo and Laura Pagani. In the last decade, a number…
06 October 2016
Angela Robinson and Paul Piff explore how inequality causes an empathy gap. For many, wealth may seem like an unmitigated good – the more of it you have, the better. After…
05 October 2016
Building a culture of philanthropy in the global South is a herculean task, but small grants can still make big changes. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on funding…