How South Asia can reap the benefit of global recovery

In 2010, a slower growth of global economy was projected for 2011 and 2012. Though at that time South Asian economies were projected to grow at higher rates, there was caution that their growth prospect would depend to a great extent on how they would be able to address the...

Resuscitating Africa's healthcare

In late October, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) confirmed what many had long suspected: millions of dollars donated to fight the Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and Sierra Leone had been mismanaged and stolen. The world's oldest humanitarian organisation was "outraged" by the findings, it...