World Finance interviews Hernan Cheyre, Head of CORFO the Chilean Economic Development Agency

Wedged in by IMF demands for fiscal austerity, Pakistan’s unpopular civilian government has presented a budget that may fail to please both voters hit by tax hikes and investors wary about its optimistic economic forecasts

World Finance interviews Endre Dobozy, Managing Director of FTM Ltd, and George Andrews, the Vanuatu Financial Services Commissioner

World Finance interviews Álvaro Saborio, Executive Vice-President and CEO, and Leonel Baruch, Chairman of the Board at Corporacion BCT, on banking in Costa Rica

World Finance interviews Jaime Polit, Partner at Pluris Sustainable Investments, on the sustainable premium

Saudi Arabia plans aid to Syria as ties improve

Syria is an Arabic-speaking country of Western Asia, bordering Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a middle-income country, whose economy is based primarily on agriculture and oil

ABI Trust are leading the way in seeking to promote Antigua and Barbuda as a jurisdiction of choice for financial services

Slovenia’s business environment is acting as a springboard for creativity

Cyprus has developed into a key venue for the worldwide operations of multinational companies

A public to private transition has greatly enhanced ENPAM’s efficiency

The sector’s methods, models and motivation are coming under fire, writes Elizabeth Pfeuti

Saudi Arabia has put dominance above diplomacy in crafting a Gulf monetary union but it will need to work on its relationship with smaller Gulf neighbours if it wants the project to succeed

Spain has trimmed its offer of state aid to consumers of electric cars to a maximum 6,000 euros from the 7,000 announced in March, but still aims to have one million electric or hybrid cars on its roads by 2014

International Monetary Fund financing to Zimbabwe remains subject to the clearing of arrears and further economic reforms in the country, the Fund has announced