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World Bank announces Jim Yong Kim resignation
World Bank announces Jim Yong Kim resignation The World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has suddenly resigned which is nearly three years before the end of his term. He announced that he […]
World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer Resigns
Josh Zumbrum writing for the Wall Street Journal has reported the resignation of World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer. He resigned yesterday exactly 2 weeks after he apologized to Chile on how […]
World Trade Organization is a liability according to Dr. Carmen Dorobat
World Trade Organization is a liability according to Dr. Carmen Dorobat On 11th December 2017, World Trade Organization officials are scheduled to meet for the 11th ministerial conference in Buenos Aires. Dr. […]
Human Rights / international development association / Mining / World Bank
My Crazy Reading List of the week
My Crazy Reading List of the week This week I’ve made a resolution to read intensively on the topics listed below. I’m going to read each and every document listed below and […]
World Bank Grounds Needs to Do More
World Bank Group (WBG) Needs to Do More Taxation is the leading source of income for many developing countries around the world according to World Bank Group (WBG). In the past, we’ve […]
DAME Minouche Shafik of London School of Economics
DAME Minouche Shafik of London School of Economics DAME Minouche Shafik will become the Director of London School of Economics starting from tomorrow Friday, 1st September, 2017. Shafik is an economist by […]
Trump Slashes United Nations Budget
United Nations budget was slashed by Donald Trump, a man who ascended to presidency with the promise that he will make America great. In his effort to achieve that end, he has […]
Jane Kiringai, the new Commission of Revenue Allocation Chair
JANE KIRINGAI, NEW CRA CHAIRPERSON Jane Kiringai is the new Commission of Revenue Allocation Chair. She was formerly a senior economist at the World Bank. She was head-hunted by President Uhuru Kenyatta. […]
World Bank and IMF Meets a Worthy Challenger!
For many years the World Bank Group and IMF have enjoyed a monopoly in global development finance. Critics have always castigated the IMF and World Bank for having loans conditionalities focusing on […]
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Francis Atwoli response to Mohamed Fazul over COTU contributions
Below is a quote from Dr. Francis Atwoli response to Fazul, after the latter demanded that security guards should not remit their contributions to the Central Organizations of Trade Unions (COTU). The […]
Importance of electrification of railways
Kenya has zero percent of electrified railways despite recently completing their construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) which they had a chance to electrify but chose to go for the diesel […]
