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July 27, 2022
11 Skies, a new retailtainment destination in Hong Kong, will feature eight attractions, with the first four set to open from late 2023.
July 26, 2022
Expanding broadband infrastructure and improving data governance will help Cameroon take full advantage of the ongoing digital development revolution.
July 25, 2022
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last five trading days since the end of t...
July 25, 2022
Annie Cannon-Brookes Purchased Dunk Island for an Undisclosed Sum
July 24, 2022
The impact of refugees on socioeconomic outcomes in destination countries,ย including crime, can be significant. This column finds that the increase in the refugee population in Turkey led to an increase in the incidence of crime of between 2% and 4.75% per year, correspondsingto about 75,000-150,000 additional crimes per year.ย These results highlight the need to strengthen the
July 22, 2022
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last four trading days since the end of t...
July 20, 2022
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market headed south again on Tuesday, one day after snapping the five-day losing streak in which it plummeted almo...
July 18, 2022
To address hunger, the Government of Delhi had issued temporary ration e-coupons in the first COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020. This article uses a data set of nearly 17 lakh households that applied for e-coupons to measure and spatialise food insecurity in the city. It does so to measure unmet demand for social protection as well as to draw learnings for the design of urban social
July 16, 2022
The conventional wisdom is that opening up new branches is the best way to extend outreach of the formal financial sector to rural areas. Using a survey data set, this paper challenges the conventional view by concluding that relatively resource-rich rural households from distant locations availed multiple loans from formal lenders rather than the households located closer to
July 13, 2022
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has moved lower in back-to-back sessions, surrendering almost 900 points or 4.4 percent along the way. The ...