March 17, 2015?If a poll published last week by the German\r\nbroadcaster ZDF gives any indication, just more than half of Germans no longer\r\nwant Greece to be part of the 19-country eurozone. This is up from a month\r\nearlier and reflects a … Read More

By Pooja Pokhrel March 16, 2015–We economists\r\nwho work in development know that our task is more an art than a science. We\r\nknow that our work requires more flexibility and judgment than rigor and rules.\r\nWe know that life is not a … Read More

April 29, 2014–Nineteen small and medium size Egyptian firms have sharpened their abilitynto compete in global export markets through a collaborative program that started a year ago. Their success has helped to create jobs and bolster the Egyptian economy-and provides … Read More

2015 NORTHEASTERN CASINO GAMING UPDate Released \r\n\r\n March 6, 2015?Indian gaming in Connecticut has borne the\r\nbrunt of gaming expansion in the Northeast in recent years, says Dr. Clyde Barrow,\r\nauthor of the 11th edition of the Northeastern Casino Gaming Update and … Read More

March 2, 2015?Sarah Livingstone, head of Nathan London?s\r\nfinancial sector development practice, typically works on projects to help the\r\npoor in places like Bangladesh and Uganda gain access to credit. She and other\r\nmicrofinance professionals recently looked homeward. ?Whilst not on the\r\nscale of … Read More

February 9, 2015?The tiniest businesses in Bangladesh will\r\nhave easier access to credit under a U.K.-AID funded program implemented by\r\nNathan Associates London and the consultancy Oxford Policy Management. \r\n\r\n The program, Business Finance for the Poor in Bangladesh\r\n(BFP-B), ?will push the\r\nboundaries … Read More

February 24, 2015?On February 19, Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, attended the opening of a\r\nregional customs training center in Amman and met the Director General of\r\nJordan Customs to explore future cooperation. \r\n\r\n The new center, which will accredited … Read More

February 13, 2015?The\r\nfirst seaport terminal in Costa Rica designed primarily for handling grain, a public works project supported by Nathan Associates Inc., officially opened yesterday with a ceremony attended by the country?s president, Louis Guillermo Solís. \r\n\r\n The terminal, at … Read More

February 19, 2015?Do you like\r\nto shop online and buy cheap gasoline? If so, you might want to save some of\r\nyour gratitude for economists. \r\n\r\n That?s the message from Robert\r\nE. Litan, arguing that his profession has contributed to business and\r\ntechnological innovations … Read More

February 18, 2015–Sunil Sinha, the Managing Director of Nathan Associates\r\nLondon, a thought leader and a prominent advocate of private sector development\r\nas a key pillar for the reduction of poverty, died suddenly on February 6. \r\n\r\n Sunil, who was born in … Read More