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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Cover Story : Trying Times

THE WORLD BANK The World Bank’s struggle to redefine its role in a globalized economy has raised a fundamental question: Do we really need a World Bank? No sooner had the dust settled after the controversial departure of ...

Banking

Newsmakers : Banks Face Call To Join Microfinancing Efforts To Ease Poverty

Global Microfinancing, which provides small collateral-free loans of between $15 and $200 to help people in poverty set up their own businesses, is increasingly taking center stage in the battle to eradicate poverty. At the fifth World Chambers ...

Technology

Cover Story : Stepping Up

GOING GLOBAL Lacking the financial clout of multinationals or small enterprises’ easy access to government grants, mid-size companies are riding the wave of new technologies and today’s more liberal trading and regulatory schemes to successfully break into foreign ...

News

Cover Story : A Continent On The Cusp

AFRICA Figurehead: Nelson Mandela became a symbol of hope for many in Africa The past two decades in Africa have...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story : Corporate Social Responsibility

A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLES As corporate responsibility becomes a staple corporate tool, it is easier than ever for corporations to...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : The Bank of New York

GLOBAL CUSTODY BUYERS GUIDE Global Finance presents its annual sponsored guide to the leading providers in the global custody market....

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : The New Arab Economies

THE MIDDLE EAST Economic reforms are spurring a flood of private sector investment that is helping to put the regions...

News

Special Report : Reliance Grows On Private Sector

RELIANCE GROWS ON PRIVATE SECTOR THE MIDDLE EAST The nations of the Middle East are increasingly looking to the private...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Centerview Partners Takes Spotlight

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Centerview Partners, an advisory boutique formed last July by three prominent Wall Street investment bankers, was the...

News

Newsmakers : India Struggles To Control Aids Spread

India Nanda: Controlling spread of AIDS makes good business sense Three US-based global organizationsincluding the US-India Business Councilwant to make...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Goldman Sachs Leads Equity Underwriters

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS Goldman Sachs was the leading managing underwriter for global equity and equity-related deals in the first half of...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : Central Banker Report Cards 2006

ANNUAL SURVEY/ CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS Stagflation is back. Rising prices of oil and other commodities, combined with slowing global...