Private Sector

By David Tinel, IFC’s Regional Manager for the Southern Cone Long considered an economic success story in Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile is experiencing unique times. From the October 2019 protests — which evinced the issue of inequality — to today, the Andean country faced a pandemic, voted in…

Por David Tinel, gerente regional para el Cono Sur de la Corporación Financiera Internacional (IFC) Largamente considerado un caso de éxito económico en América Latina y el Caribe, Chile vive tiempos singulares. Del estallido social de octubre de 2019 — que puso sobre la mesa el tema de la desigualdad…

Think with me! How many great research ideas, papers and projects conducted by university Professors and final year Students are now “on the shelf”? How many wasted business opportunities a company has missed by not having an innovation team or department? …

Government at work doesn’t work. This is not a breaking news column. But some constant stories need reiteration lest we forget rottenness caused by familiarity. Your rulers disapprove of your ability to observe patterns. The red light always means stop just like green-lighting federal spending should make everyone suspicious. Federal…

This article, co-authored with Jonathan Barry Forman, first appeared in the RetireSecure Blog of the Wharton Pension Research Council. Oregon, Maryland, and a number of other US states have recently created state-sponsored retirement saving plans to help millions of private-sector workers lacking pension coverage to save for retirement. While these…

Thank you, Councilman Griffin, for the opportunity to share my observations and suggestions with you and the Mayor’s Action Center on the issues of affordable housing and private sector investment in the City of Cleveland (City.) I spent 40 years in management positions in the environmental business and think I…

2022 Will Be a Critical Year for Environmental Initiatives by Business It’s been easy to lose track of time during the prolonged pandemic. Even as we tried to resume a sense of normalcy in 2021, the overall feeling seemed to be of time standing still. …

By Leora Klapper, Maria Soledad Requejo, and Christine Svarer The world is moving to digital payments. They are faster, more secure, more transparent and more efficient than cash. Digital payments can support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and empower women and youth. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward…