International

  • Apr 19, 2012
  • 10 min read

Intervention thrives as development economics fades

Development economics flourished in the post-war period as a sub-discipline of economics whose...

International
  • Apr 18, 2012
  • 6 min read

OECD household savings will grow more slowly

Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, households in many advanced economies...

International
  • Apr 17, 2012
  • 6 min read

Global FDI trends indicate long-term confidence

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows rose by 16.5% last year, to 1.66 trillion...

International
  • Apr 13, 2012
  • 7 min read

Global energy efficiency gains will be limited

Global primary energy demand has increased by an average annual rate of 1.75% over the last 30...

International
  • Apr 12, 2012
  • 6 min read

Commercial nanotechnology gains global momentum

The development of nanotechnologies is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon. While the United...

International
  • Apr 11, 2012
  • 6 min read

Cash transfer programmes could hit limits globally

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes have gained increasing salience in the last decade....

International
  • Apr 10, 2012
  • 6 min read

Loose OECD policy will not lead to high inflation

Growth in the size of central bank balance sheets has stoked fears of an outbreak of high...

International
  • Apr 10, 2012
  • 6 min read

Iraq's investment climate is challenging but lucrative

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki last month sought to signal the region that Iraq is now 'open for...

International