Finance & Economics

OSCE Special Representative publishes human trafficking report on Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro (l) alongside the...

World Bank Debars Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. (CES) for Five Years for Fraud and Corruption

The World Bank Group announced the debarment of Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. for a period of five years following misconduct following an investigative and forensic review of poorly performing road construction contracts under the...

New World Bank Project to Improve Lebanon’s Mobile Internet Services

A new World Bank Group project will boost Lebanon’s mobile Internet systems and create quality jobs for a high-skilled labor force to help reverse the spiraling trend of unemployment especially among youth and women.

Detroit Could Have Been Saved in 2005

The current genocidal assault on what remains of the population of the once-great industrial city of Detroit was fully forecast by Lyndon LaRouche back in April 2005, at the moment that the Bush Administration and the likes of Felix Rohatyn were...

Obama Proposes 'Grand Bargain' to Aid Middle Class

U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States must do better to secure a "better bargain for the middle class" to lay a foundation for stronger economic growth.

Syria: UN officials urge humanitarian access to thousands trapped by intense fighting

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Displaced children and women stand in Aleppo, Syria.

June 2013 compared with May 2013 Industrial producer prices stable in both euro area and EU27

In June 2013, compared with May 2013, the industrial producer price index1 remained stable in both the euro area2 (EA17) and the EU272, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May3 prices fell by 0.3% in...

IMF's Executive Board Completes the Sixth Review Under Haiti’s ECF Arrangement and Approves US$2.5 Million Disbursement

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the sixth review of Haiti’s performance under its program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement on August 2, 2013. The Board also approved an extension of the...

Multi-million pound investment in offshore wind industry to unlock billions in UK economy

UK Government and business have published a long-term strategy that will strengthen the UK’s position in the offshore wind industry. The multi-million pound investment has the potential to unlock £7 billion in the economy by 2020.

World Bank Debars Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. (CES) for Five Years for Fraud and Corruption

The World Bank Group announced the debarment of Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. for a period of five years following misconduct following an investigative and forensic review of poorly performing road construction contracts under the...