Reports: Obama Considers Ending Spying on Allied Leaders
U.S. officials say the Obama administration is weighing whether to order the National Security Agency to stop spying on leaders of American allies.
Singapore Continues to be Most Business-Friendly Economy in the World, the Philippines among the Top 10 in Improving Business Regulation
A new World Bank and IFC report finds that Singapore continues to provide the world’s most business-friendly regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs, followed by Hong Kong SAR, China. In the past year, 15 of 25 economies in East Asia and the...
Vietnam Ranks 99th for Ease of Doing Business in New Report
A new World Bank Group report finds that Vietnam strengthened investor protection and improved access to credit to make doing business easier for local firms between July 2012 and June 2013. Across the globe, Singapore continues to provide the world’s...
UN chief presents $5.4 billion budget proposal for next two years
Flags of Member States fly in front of the United Nations Headquarters building.
At UN conference, countries share green solutions for development challenges
Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru of Kenya, (centre), and UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson cut...
The Sahel: New Push to Transform Agriculture with More Support for Pastoralism and Irrigation
On the eve of two major agriculture summits in Mauritania and Senegal, the World Bank is urging African countries and communities in the Sahel and the international development community to help protect and expand pastoralism on behalf of the more...
OECD formally launches Colombia’s accession process
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría formally launched Colombia’s accession process with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
European Central Bank publishes second SEPA migration report
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its second report on migration to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), analysing the state of play in euro area countries in creating a single market for credit transfers and direct debits in euro across...
Internationalized Domain Names still to reach full potential
Despite important advances more work is needed by all parties if Internationalized domain names are to foster the growth of multilingualism online, according to the 2013 EURid-UNESCO World Report on Internationalized Domain Names published with the...
Madagascar poll could be a path from poverty
A brick maker in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo.
