From Promoting Economic Pluralism
Singapore – Singapore’s image as a squeaky-clean business hub is under scrutiny amid a huge money laundering scandal that has so far resulted in 10 arrests and the seizure of assets …
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Before the start of the economic crisis in Lebanon in 2019, the governor of the country’s central bank, Riad Salameh, had a strong reputation as one of the world’s best. But by the …
How Lebanon was plundered by its own central bank Read More
Lagos, Nigeria – Last Friday Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu suspended the country’s Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele. On Saturday, Nigeria’s secret police confirmed the erstwhile top banker has been arrested …
How Emefiele, Nigeria’s powerful central bank chief lost his seat Read More
Solomon Owa’s fingers work quickly as he speaks over the hum of his sewing machine. That’s because the hum of his sewing machine might stop at any moment. “In a …
Africa’s Richest City Is Crumbling Under Chaos and Corruption Read More
In 2015, when he was elected president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari made history in more than one sense. It was the first time an opposition candidate assumed the helm peacefully. And …
President Muhammadu Buhari’s questionable legacy Read More
Dozens of contractors were detained over the weekend in Turkey, as anger grows over the consequences of the devastating earthquakes and the government vows to take action against construction negligence …
Turkey cracks down on contractors of quake-struck buildings Read More
The UK’s most secretive think tanks have raised more than £14m from mystery donors in the past two years, new analysis by openDemocracy has found. Among them are some of …
UK’s most secretive think tanks took £14.3m from mystery donors Read More
The petrochemical industry has spent the past few years hard at work lobbying for state-level legislation to promote “chemical recycling,” a controversial process that critics say isn’t really recycling at …
The petrochemical industry is convincing states to deregulate plastic incineration Read More
Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. In a remarkable display of anger on Saturday, thousands of protesters disregarded government curfews, rampant military and …
Sri Lanka’s crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups Read More
NEW DELHI — With one brother president, another prime minister and three more family members cabinet ministers, it appeared that the Rajapaksa clan had consolidated its grip on power in …
Sri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanks Read More