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In international development circles, “localization” has become a buzzword, partly thanks to a push by the US to shift more aid funding to local actors. But growing awareness of the importance of local expertise is not yet adequately reflected in most development research, which still regularly excludes researchers from low- and middle-income countries. As matters stand,

/PRNewswire/ -- At around 11 am on March 23, 2013, all eyes were on the podium at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations as the world...

The QSR industry holds promise across Czech Republic, Poland and Romania, where McWin Capital Partners plans to develop 600 Burger King and Popeyes restaurants through its new Rex Concepts platform.

Technology facilitates the rapid flow of vast quantities of data across the world. These cross-border flows have the potential to unlock substantial benefits for development and poverty reduction. Yet, many policymakers worry about the issues this raises, such as data protection and security, national security, law enforcement and supervisory data access, and competition. In response, many countries turn to a set of policies known as “data localization”—in an effort to exercise more contro...

Former Mastercard head Ajay Banga is all but certain to lead the World Bank. If he fails, one of the worlds most important institutions will slide into irrelevance, Massod Ahmed writes.

/PRNewswire/ -- An opinion piece by Josef Gregory Mahoney, a professor of politics and international relations at East China Normal University, for Beijing...

With border conflicts, climate change and rising prices threatening the food security of millions of people displaced from their homes in Burkina Faso, emergency humanitarian assistance funded by China poured into the country earlier this month.

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Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang has stressed further advancing opening-up and sharing market opportunities with the world.Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central ...

Chinese vice premier stresses expanding opening-up-