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Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce, and World

Harvard Business Review

Whichever way you look at it, the countries producing the majority of the next generation of workers are still the ones least able to help them develop. Collectively, the UN projects, the less developed regions of the world “will grow 58% over 50 years, as opposed to 2% for more developed regions.

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Africa’s Unique Opportunity to Promote Inclusive Growth

Harvard Business Review

For the last decade, Africa’s GDP has been growing quickly. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is the most visible organization tasked with shepherding that inclusive innovative growth. In May, AfDB shareholders elected former Nigerian agriculture and rural development minister Akinwumi Adesina as AfDB President.

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What to Know About Doing Business in Iran

Harvard Business Review

Within weeks there was $50 billion in business deals involving foreign companies, including the Airbus agreement (worth $25 billion) to sell 118 planes, and Italy’s state rail company’s $5 billion pact to develop the local rail network. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. However, remaining U.S.

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China’s New Development Bank Is a Wake-Up Call for Washington

Harvard Business Review

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. It’s stated mission is to “focus on the development of infrastructure and other productive sectors in Asia.” billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business Review

Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? billion in 2013.