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Where is Japanese business seeing the best prospects for growth and investment globally?
The Business Professor
What is the international monetary fund?
What is the international monetary fund?
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Is the Paris Climate Agreement Working? Was Biden Right to Rejoin the Agreement? - TLDR News
Last week the US officially rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, with Biden bringing America back into the fold. The problem is that many say that Paris doesn't actually work. So in this video we explain what's wrong with the Paris...
Bloomberg
MCM Group CEO on Belt and Road Initiative
Manuel Menendez, Founder and CEO at MCM Group, discusses his outlook for China's Belt and Road Initiative. He speaks with Stephen Engle on "Daybreak Asia".
Bloomberg
Columbia Univ.'s Lott on Climate Policies
Melissa Lott, director of research at Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, discusses her key takeaways from the United Nations General Assembly, as world leaders gather to discuss the most pressing global issues, including...
Bloomberg
Why Vietnam’s Economy Could Soon Be Bigger Than Singapore’s
May.28 -- Vietnam’s economy could be bigger than Singapore’s by 2029, says DBS Bank Ltd. The Southeast Asian nation has the potential to grow at a pace of about 6%-6.5% over the next decade, DBS forecasts, citing strong foreign...
Bloomberg
Developing Nations Face Growing Risks, World Bank Says
Carmen Reinhart, chief economist at the World Bank, discusses the outlook for low-income countries amid the coronavirus pandemic. Developing countries face growing risks from financial fragility created by the Covid-19 crisis and...
Bloomberg
UN's Ogunbiyi on Sustainability Goals, COP26
Jul.02 -- Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, discusses the UAE's climate action goals, COP26, and supporting an inclusive energy transition. She speaks with Bloomberg's...
Bloomberg
World Bank's Malpass on Vaccine Distribution, Debt Relief
Apr.07 -- World Bank President David Malpass discusses the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in developing nations and says finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations are supportive of extending debt relief for the world’s poorest...
Curated Video
RR8137B ZIMBABWE A PERILOUS PESTICIDE
Background to Story: The pesticide DDT is widely used in the developing world. It's
still a cheap and effective control for the tsetse fly and mosquito. But its use
involves grave dangers. In Zimbabwe, wildlife officers are concerned...
Bloomberg
Comalie: Namibia oil discoveries a "game-changer"
Jennifer Comalie, chair of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia, says new oil discoveries off the country's coast are a game-changer, and she wants companies to get to production as soon as possible.
She speaks with Manus Cranny...
Bloomberg
Astra-Oxford Vaccine Prevents Average of 70% of Covid Cases
Nov.23 -- A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc prevented a majority of people from getting the disease but fell short of the high bar set by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., according to initial...
Bloomberg
Rabobank's Every: See a Beginning of a Structural Change
Jun.09 -- Head of Asia-Pacific Financial Markets Research at Rabobank, Michael Every, says markets don't understand they are treating inflation risks as a cyclical theme and sees a structural change taking place. He speaks with Shery Ahn...
Curated Video
RR7634A SRI LANKA PROBLEMS OF NON-ALIGNMENT
Leaders of 86 nations met in Colombo, Sri Lanka in
mid 1976 for the 5th Conference of Non-Aligned
Nations. The emphasis was less on politics than on
economics and on the drive to make the terms of
world trade more favourable to the...
Press Association
Johnson insists progress has been made at Cop26
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said at the Cop26 press conference that “other (more developed) countries are going to have to do more” in terms of funding to tackle the climate crisis. Responding to criticism that developing countries...
Curated Video
SYND 17-3-74 OPEC MEETING IN VIENNA AND AMOUZEGAR REPORTS TO PRESS AFTER MEETING
Ministers arriving for the OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting in Vienna and Jamshid Amouzegar delivers statement after the meeting.
1. gv the OPEC building
2. cu OPEC sign
3. various of ministers...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Copenhagen deal passed amid condemnation, disappointment
VOICED: Copenhagen deal passed amid condemnation, disappointment
Bloomberg
Indonesia Finance Min. Indrawati Calls for Debt Restructuring Talks
Creditor nations need to make progress on debt restructuring talks as developing countries need breathing room after the pandemic, Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati tells Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin on the sidelines of G-20...
Bloomberg
Vaccine Investments Will Have Tremendous Return: IMF's Gaspar
Apr.08 -- IMF Fiscal Affairs Department Director Vitor Gaspar says investing in Covid-19 vaccinations will lead to big benefits for the global economy. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Keene and Lisa Abramowicz on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Be Smart
Defusing the Population Bomb
With a human population of 7.6 billion and counting, how do we tackle the population problem? Examine the data using a video from an extensive science playlist. The resource explains why the human population began to increase rapidly,...
Macat
An Introduction to Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities
Did you ever wonder how nations form in the first place and what brings such a strong sense of community? A video explains how a community forms according to Benedict Anderson with animation, graphics, and even pizza-related metaphors.
Crash Course
Productivity and Growth
The citizens of some countries have a higher standard of living and quality of life than others. Discover the connection between productivity and economic growth in countries around the world with an entertaining economics video.
TED-Ed
Population Pyramids: Powerful Predictors of the Future
Here is a very interesting visual for analyzing a country's shift from a pre-industrial society to one with an industrial or post-industrial economy. The video explains how a population pyramid is used to track a country's...