Portugal’s left-leaning government proposes ambitious plans to boost the country’s economic growth while also revoking austerity policies

Following the alleviation of multiple restrictions on Cuba, President Obama makes another giant step towards reconciliation with a momentous visit to the Caribbean island

China has set a growth target of between 6.5 and seven percent per year until 2020 with the adoption of a new five-year plan

There are substantial legal and political considerations to be contemplated before the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement can be declared a success

This year’s Rio Olympics has the power to remind investors of Brazil’s potential and reunite the country in the wake of the Petrobras scandal, but it will provide little short-term assistance to its ailing economy

Spain’s poor track record of political fragmentation and substandard infrastructure planning has long threatened the development of projects. Gonzalo Cantabrana Fernandez, Infrastructure Analyst at Standard & Poor’s, argues that Spain must work towards a long-term, concrete infrastructure plan

In order to flourish in an evermore-complex financial landscape, companies and their employees need global, yet standardised, business education

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is concerned that a number of advanced nations are not doing enough to limit political party funding and campaign donations

China provides a substantial amount of aid to African nations, but its motives are often questioned. Roland Hodler, Professor of Economics at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland, has tested these claims

With currency reserves running low and an oil price recovery nowhere in sight, Venezuela looks increasingly likely to default

The new administration in Argentina hopes to end a long-running dispute with bondholders that rejected restructuring debt swap options

The latest PwC CEO survey shows that business leaders are beginning to acknowledge the full extent of the threat posed by climate change

Can People’s QE be a means of plugging the infrastructure investment gap? Tax expert and economist Richard Murphy told Matt Timms that, potentially, it can

As more employees turn to self-employment, the rise of the gig economy could have far-reaching effects on the corporate employment model

Today’s obsession with getting more women into high-level positions is doing more harm than good, and should not be the primary measure of gender equality