Migrant worker Guo Huailiang is planning to live it up a bit in his retirement. After 19 years living in cramped quarters in Beijing, rising at 5:30 a.m. for a 12-hour shift, the 52-year-old construction worker is socking away money that will allow him to ...
World's 'extremely poor' to fall below 10% of global population for first time in 2015: World Bank
The number of people living in extreme poverty is likely to fall for the first time below 10 percent of the world's population in 2015, the World Bank said Sunday as it revised its benchmark for measuring the problem. Extreme poverty has long been defined ...
'Pope-onomics': Francis' keys to a better economy
Pope Francis is a strong and eloquent advocate of people sharing and governing their enterprises together.
Building global climate trust is needed now
If a United Nations deal on climate change is to be reached this year, participants will have to overcome the mistrust that has led to inaction during past negotiations .
Internet growth slows and most people are still offline, U.N. says
Growth in the number of people with access to the Internet is slowing, and more than half the world's population is still offline, the United Nations Broadband Commission said Monday. Internet access in rich economies is reaching saturation levels, but 90 percent of people in ...
Chinese leaders turn to former Premier Zhu Rongji for advice on economic reform
When top leaders from China's Communist Party made their annual pilgrimage to the seaside resort of Beidaihe last month, they turned to an old master for economic advice, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The leadership, ensconced on the shores of the Yellow ...
International taxation and global development
The system of taxing global profits is broken — and it is exacerbating inequality both within and across countries
Making sure 'developing' countries develop
The rich world needs to commit more resources to the very poorest among us, and in smarter ways than before.
Rich and poor countries agreed on Thursday to overhaul global finance for development, unlocking money for an ambitious agenda to end extreme poverty, protect the environment and improve economic opportunity by 2030. The United Nations announced the deal on its website, capping three days of ...
If Japan has concerns about the AIIB's governance and lending standards, it should try to fix the problems from the inside, not the outside.
57 countries set to sign on to China-backed investment bank AIIB
One of China's biggest foreign policy successes ever will take shape Monday when delegates from 57 countries sign an agreement on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
The AIIB key to Beijing's new economic order
China's approach to creating an infrastructure bank that will knit Asia into a Sino-centric economic order could prove to be a nightmare.
