Archive for the “Global economy” category
Global Food Security: The Biggest Challenge For Our World
by Richard Attias on March 14, 2012 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: famine, global food security, Somalia, UN, Unicef, US Department of Agriculture, Yemen
Last week in Rabat, Morocco, we launched the Global Food Security Forum, which was created as an initiative of OCP Group (the world’s leading provider of phosphates based in Morocco). We felt the particularly urgent need to do this now, because as climate change (…)
Startup Africa
by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on February 21, 2012 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: BRIC nations, Europe, Gabon, mineral resources, Nigeria, Twitter, US economy
As Europe and the US struggle to get their finances in order, and the BRIC nations do their best to build on recent successes, another continent has been quietly gaining pace. And lately not so quietly. Last year a stream (…)
Qatar Looks to a Healthy, Sporty Future
by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on January 13, 2012 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: development, Doha GOALS, economy, Middle East, Qatar, Sport
It’s a well known fact that exercise is vital to our mental and physical health. This is why the meeting of the Doha Pre-forum GOALS – Gathering of All Leaders in Sport — produced by Richard Attias and Associates, is (…)
Emerging economies prosper as the west muddles through
by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 30, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: Anthony Nightingale, Bill English, china, credit downgrades, Diane Brady, emerging economies, Kirill Dmitriev, New Zealand, Russian Direct Investment Fund, smart money
Right now, the smart money is sitting on the sidelines. This is what Diane Brady, senior editor and content chief of Bloomberg Businessweek, suggested at a panel discussion at APEC earlier this month. The other speakers didn’t entirely disagree, especially (…)
A new role for China
by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 21, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: APEC, china, Hu Jintao, sustainability
It’s no secret that China’s future looks brighter than that of other nations. Green energy, innovation, and a more prominent role in world politics will all be part of the picture, said President Hu Jintao at the APEC CEO summit (…)
The Future. Redefined.
by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 12, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: APEC, china, Dennis Nally, Eli Lilly, growth, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, PwC, Singapore
Michael Oreskes, a senior editor at the Associated Press, spends most of his time on the shores of the Atlantic but at APEC’s opening session today he said that being on the Pacific was a big relief. “The mood is (…)
APEC’s economic game-changers
by RIchard Attias and NYF Team on November 10, 2011 • Leave your comment • Tagged as: APEC, Chile, growth, Indonesia, Peru, Vietnam
As the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gets ready for its CEO summit this weekend, all eyes will be on the leaders of those countries that are not just weathering the global downturn but booming. They are the economic champions, already changing (…)
