EDITORIAL:
Good values, good value
RICHARD SYNGE
The coming months will present world leaders, governments and international organisations with a huge range of pressing issues on which to try to find common ground. Not least of these are the ongoing efforts of the G20 governments and central banks to restore a measure of health to economies brought...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: HEALTH
Getting medicines to the poorest
MAUREEN MACKINTOSH
Recent studies in Tanzania reveal a tension between the philanthropic aims of international initiatives and...
Putting the mobile phone on health duty
TOM JONES
New ways of using mobile technology in health delivery and management have been evolving rapidly,...
New strategies in the mosquito war
BRYAN PEARSON
The battle against malaria has to involve a wide range of weaponry – vaccines may...
Feeding the growing global demand for health workers
BRYAN PEARSON
A new code of practice on international recruitment should give something valuable back to those...
Holistic solutions needed to achieve the health MDGs
A. BERMEJO AND E. IRELAND
With just five years to go before the deadline for meeting the Millennium Development Goals...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: SPORT
Rising stars: mentoring talent
ELISSA JOBSON
Competing at the Olympics is a dream shared by an archer from India, a greco-roman...
Sport is a very powerful motivator
SIR KEITH MILLS
The Olympic movement can still inspire the youth of the world, says Sir Keith Mills,...
“A moment of great national celebration”
JONATHAN EDWARDS
Triple-jump world record holder and a member of the board of the London Organising Committee...
We’re missing out on the wider benefits
BRUCE KIDD
Opportunities to provide lasting legacies from major sporting spectacles like the Olympics and the football...
Money, power, prestige: sport’s easy bedfellows
MIHIR BOSE
The huge sums of money made out of IPL cricket and England’s premiership football reflect the...
SPOTLIGHT: UNITED KINGDOM
The BBC expands its global reach
STEPHEN HEWLETT
A major cultural export, the British Broadcasting Corporation has a loyal following at home and...
Radical measures to refashion the welfare state
PETER RIDDELL
The urgent need to make huge budget savings happens to coincide with the Conservative Party’s...
A more proactive diplomacy
ROBIN NIBLETT
The coalition government that took office in May has already begun to carve out some...
GLOBAL ARENA: BANKING & FINANCE
“Innovation and risk taking, with controls, are good for growth”
RAGHURAM RAJAN
The financial crisis that swept across the globe two years ago did not just come...
A shifting balance in world financial power
STEPHEN TIMEWELL
A historical perspective on the changing world order in banking and the irresistible rise of...
Difficult task ahead for the G20
JOHN LIPSKY
The challenging agenda for the G20 leaders at their next summit in Seoul includes multilateral...
IN FOCUS: SRI LANKA
Capital city bounces back
INDI SAMARAJIVA
Normal life is returning to the streets of Colombo now that the military clampdown has...
Economy poised for take-off
MUTTUKRISHNA SARVANANTHAN
The end of the war has created a new mood of confidence, but structural weaknesses...
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Reconciliation on the agenda
DR P. SARAVANAMUTTU
Recent government emphasis on economic development seems to run ahead of the needs of real...
IN FOCUS: ZAMBIA
Wonderful wildlife but high costs deter visitors
GILL STADEN
For visitors with time and money, Zambia provides rewarding experiences, but the country is still not...
Energy sector powering growth in Zambia
HANSON SINDOWE
In this interview, Hanson Sindowe, Executive Chairman of Copperbelt Energy Corporation, sounds an optimistic note about...
Lusaka, Zambia: Copper still reigns as economic king
KEDRICK CHISAMU
Copper mining is the heartbeat of Zambia’s economy and the main anchor for the government’s...
“The government is promoting PPPs”
RUPIAH BWEZANI BANDA
With Zambia’s next general election still at least a year away, President Banda is not...
