A $1bn contract between Glencore Xstrata and the West African nation could help the former realise a long-running iron ore ambition

World Finance interviews Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan on the economic situation in the Ivory Coast today

China could soon be the GCC’s biggest trading partner by the end of the decade

New international communication links in 2012 will further support the expanding financial services industry

Qatar’s real estate market offers attractive opportunities as interest in property investment in the Arab world begins to rise again

A novel public private partnership is stimulating privately financed infrastructure in Africa, writes Keith Palmer

As the island nation realigns its economy in the aftermath of the prolonged civil war, the banking and finance sector must innovate quickly to catch up for lost growth

CDG is a public financial institution created by the Moroccan State in 1959 with the mission of collecting and managing specific funds and savings that require legal protection

As oil contracts grow, emerging markets are expected to contribute 75 percent of total global economic growth in 2011. But the economies of Kuwait, and the GCC, need to diversify to survive, writes Shoyeb Ali

Buyout funds will target natural resources and industrial
goods in 2011, writes Joyce Ollunga

Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion is now the largest Moroccan institutional investor, playing a key role in public development policies

Dr Al-Horr, chairman and MD of the Barwa and Qatari Diar Research Institute, on his commitment to green building principles

Raising capital and partnering with an international finance house are among strategies to turn PVI into a finance-insurance institution, says Chairman Nguyen Anhh Tuan

Michael Dynes on Africa’s economic recovery and medium to long-term prospects

Libya has in place a plan for the privatisation of its economic units, 50 percent of which are to be completed within 10 years