In Mexico, new proposed constitutional changes by sitting president Andres Manual Lopez Obrador ahead of June elections includeseeking to ban the practice of open pit mining. While in South Africa,multiple miners have looked to cut jobs and capital investment amid lower metal prices.Both set the ...
Author Rachael Johnson, Head of Risk Management and Corporate Governance, ACCA Co-author Polly Lian, ACCA Policy Manager of China, ACCA member RISK CULTURE: A SPECIAL REPORT ON CHINA'S SOEs | FOREWORD Guest foreword by Lyndsey Zhang Member of ACCA's special interest group on risk cultur...
“It is premature to claim victory in the fight against inflation,” Bostic said in hisspeech. “January inflation readings came in surprisingly high, the latest reminder that the path to price stability is not a straight line.” There’s a “new upside risk” in town: “pent-up exuber...
Or consider this excerpt – entitled “Safety v. familiarity” – from the blog of an American woman who spent some time visiting in South Africa, and then a year in Malawi. I felt safer traveling in South Africa than I feel in Lilongwe [Malawi’s capital city] … because everything...
The equity investment is an extension of Dragos’s $200 million Series D that took place in October 2021, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, an investment arm of Koch Industries, with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, a leading global asset manager. This brings the Series D round to...
"You will have very country-specific problems or challenges with lower oil prices," said Thomas Haugaard, portfolio manager of emerging market debt with Janus Henderson. "But more than half of the EM investment universe are big importers of oil. There will be winners and l...
Paul Mills, global kidnap prevention manager at AIG, followed with a segment addressing best practices for violent incident preparation and response. He discussed response and resilience training for employees who need enhanced preparedness with the rise of violence against soft targets. ...
provide detailed insights on health status over time and the impact on work. Another strength is the presentation of real-world data from drivers in one of the largest bus companies in South Africa, making our results generalizable to other drivers with the same working conditions in the country...
We conducted a risk assessment of two climate-related variables (i.e., temperature and rainfall) and associated water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)-related exposures and vulnerabilities for people living in Mopani District, Limpopo province, South Africa. Primary and secondary data were applied in...
Tourism services and investments not only generate jobs, but also influence regional and local development. In every area, tourism, like most types of economic activity, is associated with measurable profits and losses that should be assessed. An important element is the available area and other ...