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Gwadar’s port has not delivered the maritime traffic everyone had been banking on. : Areeb Sattar CC By 4.0

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor promised plenty when it launched. Ten years on, Islamabad faces a sobering reality check of its true cost.

China's Belt and Road

Pakistan pays high price for China corridor

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor promised plenty when it launched. Ten years on, Islamabad faces a sobering reality check of its true cost.

Economy
Funding for the blue economy remains a challenge in various parts of the globe. : Flickr: Pedro Ribeiro Simões (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46944516@N00/218617130) CC BY 2.0

Attracting much-needed investment into the blue economy can be spurred by tailor-made initiatives.

Blue economy

Powering the blue economy with blue finance

Attracting much-needed investment into the blue economy can be spurred by tailor-made initiatives.

Economy
Women are often unable to escape the poverty trap due to traditional barriers they face in society. : ‘Women of the World’ by Robyn Jay available at https://bit.ly/3YxnQFS CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Research across the world demonstrates how global poverty can be tackled effectively by empowering women in all aspects.

Empowering women to reduce poverty

Poverty battle raged on in 2022, here are four ways women are working to escape it

Research across the world demonstrates how global poverty can be tackled effectively by empowering women in all aspects.

Economy
Dialogic accounting would better serve women’s empowerment in the microfinance context. : ‘Guatemala – Rural Women’ by UN Women is available at https://bit.ly3SIqx4b CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Microfinance doesn’t always empower the women reliant on it, but a different form of accounting could help level the playing field.

Empowering women to reduce poverty

Accounting for microfinance’s flaws

Economy