The last week has seen an extraordinary shift in the world order. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with shock and revulsion across the globe. The response of European and US lawmakers has been uncharacteristically rapid, robust and unified. Economic sanctions, of a scale never before seen, are designed to effectively isolate […]
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Kazakhstan, located in Central Asia, is the world’s 9th largest country by land area. It was the last of Soviet states to declare its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. By virtue of its enormous oil and gas reserves, it has gone on to become one of the region’s richest countries. Early January
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The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, also known as the EUTF for Africa was established in 2015 in response to the Refugee Crisis which saw over one million migrants and refugees cross perilous seas to reach Europe. The EUTF for Africa’s aim was to address the root causes of instability, forced displacement and irregular
Taxation policy and economic growth has a long-standing connection, according to GDSI Managing Director Pauric Brophy. Economic growth is driven by an assortment of economic, institutional, political, and social factors. Taxation is one of the few public policy areas that can produce a direct and immediate effect on the economic, institutional, and political landscape of
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“Nothing about history is pre-ordained or inevitable: historical outcomes depend on unrelated decisions that are taken at various points in time. The job of the historian is to identify the factors that are considered most influential in explaining particular events in history. Different historians will have different perspectives on the things that are most important
The Theory of Change – Structure or Strait Jacket? Read More »
