India is the nation having the most unorganized retail market. Conventionally it is a family’s livelihood, with their shop in the front and house at the back, while they run the retail business. More than 99% retailers function in less than 500 square feet of shopping space. Global retail...

Missing from Asia for several decades, the United Kingdom has recently unveiled ambitious plans to regain the “Lost” Continent, much of it in rhetoric and trumpeted agreements, and much remaining to be seen on the ground. The U.K. must ensure that its partnership with the region is seen as...

On 1 July 2020, Marcus Pleyer of Germany assumed the presidency of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), becoming the first to hold the presidency under the newly instituted two-year term. He took over the position from Xiangmin Liu, Director General of the Legal Department at the People’s...

The European Union has initiated a new set of ‘Economic Partnership Agreements’ (EPAs) with six sections of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and four of these groups are African. Besides the Caribbean and Pacific regions, negotiations are held with West Africa, East and...