And with a tentative lifting of Israel’s third lockdown now beginning, the allied nation’s plan may offer an insight into what to expect when Boris Johnson lay out the UK’s roadmap to normality later ... ( read original story ...)
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2020 Article IV Consultation with Iraq
On February 8, 2021 the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Iraq. The COVID-19 pandemic and a sharp decline in oil revenues have ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan spent $1.1bn on fight against COVID-19 in 2020
Azerbaijan allocated over AZN 1.9 billion ($1.1bn) from its state budget to fight the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the Finance Ministry revealed in its annual report on 10. ( read original story ...)
Bank CenterCredit – the best bank for business in Kazakhstan
Bank CenterCredit is recognized as the best bank in Kazakhstan for work with small and medium-sized businesses according to the results of research by the international rating publication GLOBAL ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Yemen’s Arab Spring Goals Were Lost. Here’s How To Bring Them Back
Retired Ambassador Gerald Feierstein argues the Biden administration should help end the war in Yemen and return the country to the peaceful path set in motion with Yemen's uprising 10 years ago. ( read original story ...)
Myanmar military companies become prime target for US sanctions
As the U.S. chooses targets for sanctions in response to last week's coup in Myanmar, military-linked conglomerates with interests in industries from finance to farming are likely to be in the Biden ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar military companies become prime target for US sanctions
As the U.S. chooses targets for sanctions in response to last week's coup in Myanmar, military-linked conglomerates with interests in industries from finance to farming are likely to be in the Biden ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 vaccines key to Bangladesh’s 2020-21 domestic season
Cricketers bound for the New Zealand tour could be vaccinated before they depart, while the rest of the domestic players will follow thereafter ... ( read original story ...)
How an evidence-based program from Bangladesh could scale to end extreme poverty
Lindsay Coates describes the Graduation approach, the most widespread and well-researched version of a “big push” poverty eradication method. ( read original story ...)
UK North Sea remains ‘core position’ for Shell oil business as it makes net zero drive
Shell has named the UK North Sea as one of nine “core positions” for its oil and gas business going forward, as it today revealed its net zero strategy. ( read original story ...)