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At the 4th Annual Bertelsmann Foundation Conference on global financial recovery and jobs, the blueprint for an International Non-Profit Credit Rating Agency (INCRA) was unveiled. The presentation, entitled “Positive Outlook: A Blueprint for an International Non-Profit Credit Rating Agency,” addressed several topics, including concerns about for-profit credit rating agencies’ potential […]

The Bertelsmann Foundation’s fourth annual conference (19 April 2012 in Washington, DC) included a panel entitled “In the Know, Learning to Create Jobs.”  The participants were Sergio Silva do Amaral (Chairman of the China-Brazil Business Council and Brazil’s former Minister of Trade and Industry), Thomas J Donahue (President and CEO […]

During the 4th Bertelsmann Foundation on April 19th, in cooperation with China Daily, the Bertelsmann Foundation and Financial Times hosted a conversation between Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner of Wilmer Hale and former U.S. Trade Representative and Ma Weihua, President and CEO of China Merchants Bank. The honored guest, Mr. […]

The permanent secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Dr. Bitange Ndemo has planned Konza City, which will be built on a 2,000 hectare plot of land 60 kilometers from Nairobi. This project is part of “Kenya Vision 2030”-  a development blueprint which aims to “middle-income country providing a high quality […]

East Africa has the lowest level of urbanization on the continent. United Nations Population Division (UNPD) data estimates East Africa’s rate of urbanization to be 23 percent in 2007. Circular labor migration between rural areas characterizes most movement in the region. Additionally, rural-urban migration is common strategy of income diversification […]