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This is a guest contribution from Claudia Juech and Evan Michelson at The Rockefeller Foundation in New York. As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, it is a time to reflect and take stock of the events brought on by Superstorm Sandy over the last few weeks: […]
Julius Nyerere, the first Prime Minister of Tanzania (then Tanganyika) is believed to have been the first prominent politician to discuss the idea of East African Integration. In 1960, when he spoke on the subject, the East African countries Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda had not yet gained independence. When they […]
Our colleagues at the Bertelsmann Foundation in Washington, D.C. have published a new INCRA report. Serious risks to France’s rating; Italy cited for good euro-crisis management WASHINGTON, DC/BERLIN (November 20, 2012) – A downgrading of Germany’s top sovereign-debt credit rating can be avoided only if the country continues to implement fiscal […]
As Hurricane Sandy made landfall in my home state of New Jersey, eight members of my immediate family and myself were huddled in our basement. Power was out and there was no heat. When I went to my room on the second floor to get blankets for my daughter, I […]
The second day of the Forum on 31 October got off to an early start with a brief introduction to the Asia Programme launched this year by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Europe sees Asia as an economic power and bringing the two regions together by increasing knowledge and understanding between them will […]
