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Urban Farming, Agritech, and Food Security in the Middle East
Despite being gifted with a rich abundance of hydrocarbons and mineral resources, the Middle East
and North Africa is an arid region that suffers from water scarcity and food insecurity.
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Risky Business: Understanding Asia's Geopolitical and Societal Uncertainties
As investors show renewed interest in Asia, old concerns about political and economic risks are re
surfacing. Although large parts of the region are under dynamic new management, old animosities appear to threaten Asia's rise.
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Creating Stronger Partnerships for Global Food Security
The global population will reach 9 billion by 2050, an increase that will exacerbate shortfalls in
food production and distribution.
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Global Consumers: Riding the Wave of the World's Growing Middle Class
The world's middle class is expected to burgeon from less than 2 billion consumers today to nearly
5 billion by 2030, reflecting rapid growth in developing nations.
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The Catalyst for Change: What's Working in Philanthropy -- and What's Not?
While corporate philanthropy continues to decline, U.S. individuals gave an estimated $350 billion
to nonprofits in 2014, roughly 2 percent of GDP. But is all this generosity effective?
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Peak Oil and Green Energy: Both Fossils?
With oil prices in the tank, the consumer dollar goes further. Indeed, the implications of oil's s
lide extend to the entire world economy, and many of these impacts favor the United States.
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Belt and Road Initiative: China's 21st Century Plan for Eurasia
China's One Belt, One Road project - comprising of more than 68 countries, encompassing 4.4 billio
n people, and up to 40 percent of global GDP - will have major ramifications for countries and economies around the globe, especially those in Eurasia and
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Boom or Bust: Opportunities and Risk in M&A
An improving U.S. economy, continued low interest rates and thousands of companies sitting on pile
s of cash provide an abundance of fuel for an upsurge in mergers and acquisitions.
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Prescription for Wellness: Extending Our Health Span
The last century has seen advances in life span leading to individual and societal achievements th
at would have been unimaginable to prior generations.
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International Capital Flows: Strategic Investment for Sustainable Growth
Global capital markets closed 2017 with compressed spreads and surging stocks. This is leading the
Federal Reserve and other central banks to consider a change in policy and interest rate hikes in reaction to a perceived strengthening global economy.
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Power Shifts in Global Energy
As 2015 began, the United States had become a premier global oil producer, bringing the ideal of e
nergy independence closer to reality.
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Macroeconomic Trends: Monetary and Fiscal Responses
Central bankers and other policy makers have never been in such uncharted waters. With a few excep
tions, economies around the world are experiencing deflation driven by cheap oil, anemic growth and plummeting commodity prices.
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