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Saudi Arabia, Qatar Bail Out War-Ravaged Syria
The Middle East was the source of some rare positive news on Sunday when Qatar and Saudi Arabia announced that they would be paying back… Read More
EnergyAnalysis
The Climate Agenda’s March Through the Institutions: Can It Be Stopped?
A spate of stories in the media recently provides a remarkable illustration of how the globalist policy agenda of the climate-industrial complex has captured key international institutions… Read More
No One Believes It, But Extreme Poverty Is Declining Globally
In new research polling released this week, Barna Group finds that more than eight in 10 Americans (84 percent) are unaware global poverty has been… Read More
As Fed Tapers, More Central Bank Independence Needed
This week finance ministers and central bank officials from around the world will converge on Washington for the spring meetings of the World Bank and… Read More
The World Bank Must Defend “Doing Business” Report
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, faces perhaps the most critical decision in his presidency so far. He must defend the Bank’s annual… Read More
America’s Regulatory Competiveness Continues to Lag
According to the World Bank’s just-released Doing Business 2013—which looks into various reform measures to rank 185 economies on the ease of doing business—the United… Read More
CHART: Banking on the Private Sector
In his October 1 speech to the 45th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, World Bank President Jim… Read More
Council of the Americas Honors Argentine Government in Wake of Repsol/YPF Seizure
Argentina’s vice president, Amado Boudou, is confirmed to speak tomorrow at the annual Council of the Americas (COA) meeting at the Inter-American Development Bank in… Read More
Index of Economic Freedom: A Must Read for Dr. Kim
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. nominee for the next chief of the World Bank, has been on a “global listening tour.” Kim’s meet-and-greet tour… Read More
Free Trade Proposals Solutions to Tech Sector Job Losses
The House Rules Committee advanced three proposals Wednesday that may help curb a growing problem for the nation’s economy: stagnant job growth in the technology… Read More
Winning the War on Poverty: Reevaluating the UN Millennium Development Goals
The United States spent $28.7 billion dollars in 2009 on official development assistance, more than any other country in the world. There is no denying… Read More
Indonesian Finance Minister Departure No Win-Win
The economic world for good reason is focused intently on Greece and the potential for financial contagion in Europe. But there’s been another interesting development… Read More
Big Spending Obama is Back Today
Yesterday President Barack Obama asked his cabinet to make a total of $100 million in cuts among their departments. That was “fiscally responsible” President Obama…. Read More
A Trillion Dollars of Smoke and Mirrors
News reports indicate that the G-20 pledged an additional $1.1 trillion in financing for the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other global institutions… Read More
The World Bank and the UN Want a Bailout Too
Just when you thought that you had seen everything, here come the World Bank and the United Nations to claim their slice of the government… Read More
Morning Bell: That’s Enough Big Government for Right Now, Thank You
This past weekend President Bush announced plans to host an “emergency” summit of world leaders to “overhaul the regulatory framework for global finance.” Bush offered… Read More
