Business

Cotonou, 29 January, 2004— The government of Benin has put on trial 27 of its own judges on charges of embezzling millions of dollars of state funds. They form part of a group of 99 […]

Davos, 23 January, 2004— Five years after urging business leaders to join his initiative to encourage good corporate practices as a response to the challenges brought on by globalization, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today […]

Johannesburg, 21 January, 2004— Trade unionists in Zambia have threatened industrial action if the government goes ahead with plans to impose a six-month wage freeze on civil servants’ salaries. Earlier this month the authorities said […]

Bangui, 20 January, 2004— The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the African Development Bank (ADB) have urged the Central African Republic (CAR) to draw up a viable social and economic recovery programme […]

Berlin, 17 January, 2004— Germany‘s unique exhibition for agriculture, the food industry and horticulture, the International Green Week, opened in Berlin January 16. Recognised worldwide as a window for modern methods of agriculture, the ten-day […]

Ankara, 15 January, 2004— Economic freedom remains a serious challenge among the five landlocked Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, following the collapse of the former Soviet Union in 1991, according […]

Berlin, 13 January, 2004— Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says that global current account imbalances will be defused with ”little” disruption as long as globalization is allowed to progress and make the international financial system […]

Geneva, 12 January, 2004— After dropping for two years, foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2003 remained flat at $653 billion, but should rebound in 2005, the United Nations’ think tank on global financial flows and […]