Mongolia has a bold plan, a surplus, and good demographics. The economy still runs on copper, however, and the copper boom is part of why. ...
Analysis
As bilateral aid retreats, the world’s development banks are reaching further than ever. Their critics worry that they have lost the plot. ...
Restrictions on the export of critical raw materials are surging. Producers may regret it, for they deliver revenue, briefly, but then what...
Geography is becoming the least interesting barrier between Canada and the European Union. But the maple leaf will never fly over Brussels...
Growth in CEE is so far holding up against the Iran energy shock. But the extended-workbench model is faltering. Growth across most of the...
A 50 billion euros data centre in a Croatian backwater is exactly the kind of project that the Three Seas Initiative was created to deliver...
Countries that recognise nomads as potential long-term contributors create frameworks for sovereignty and pathways to permanent residency...
Montenegro is closing in on European Union membership. Croatia’s experience suggests businesses have less time to prepare than they think. ...
The EU’s AccelerateEU plan points in the right direction. Whether member states follow at the speed Europe needs is another matter entirely...
Hungary’s drubbing in Luxembourg shows why the sovereigntists are half right: EU members can’t just do what they want. That’s a good...
In the first of a short series of articles looking at the economy of Mongolia, we take a look at where the country has made good progress...
The IMF’s headline growth and forecast figures probably matter far less than they appear to. So why continue to make such a fuss about them...
The case for institutionalising long-term thinking in government is growing, but the results of experiments carried out so far are mixed...