You don’t need to be an economist to know that China is a major global economic force. Is the long wait to access its potentially lucrative market finally coming to an end?

Investment of patient capital can stimulate rapid growth of agriculture in Africa, writes Keith Palmer

There is huge scope for private investment in Indian Highways, writes Virendra Mhaiskar

Even countries that escaped recession, such as China and Poland, have not escaped the global impact, writes Simon Groves

Mexico is in need of a 21st century insolvency system,
writes Dario Oscos

Fadi Tabbara tells World Finance: “I want Jadwa’s Asset Management
to be recognised as the undisputed leader in the region”

Historically Chinese outbound investment has been aimed at securing
natural resources, a situation that resulted in a substantial African presence. The focus is now changing, writes Dan Martin Zürich

Western energy firms are poised to strike deals in Turkmenistan as the Central Asian state opens up its lucrative oil and gas reserves after years of isolation. Chevron Corp, Total and TXOil Ltd, a company chaired by a younger brother of former US president George W. Bush, are among those pursuing deals in the desert […]

After two days of talks, the G20 has ended up at the lowest common denominator. An agreement to develop “indicative guidelines” to help identify large current account imbalances that risk destabilising the global economy was the bare minimum expected of the leaders of the world’s 20 major economies. By giving finance ministers the task of […]

China cannot continue to resist upward market pressure on its yuan currency without facing higher inflation and rising asset prices, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said recently. Geithner, in an interview with CNBC television on the sidelines of a Group of 20 leaders summit, said he believed there had been progress on China currency issues […]

Three long-delayed trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia could jump to the top of the US congressional agenda if Republicans win control of the House of Representatives at the beginning of November

In recent years new additions to the country’s attributes
have given it fame beyond its borders

Commercial relationships strengthened by new accord

Switzerland, at risk of losing its crown as the world’s top wealth management hub to Singapore, is seeking a deal on billions of dollars of untaxed money hidden at its banks, under pressure from cash-strapped foreign nations. Last year Europe and the US, hungry for tax revenues after numerous bank bailouts, forced Switzerland to weaken […]

In a week in which French president Nicolas Sarkozy defended his country’s treatment and exportation of a substantial number of dislocated Romas, the same government has stirred controversy within the world of alternative investment. And much like the emigration situation, there are those comparing the Sarkozy administration’s attitude toward the proposed legislation as archaic and […]