Economy

Sustainable development: where do we stand?

Rio+20, the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, opens today

14 years ago

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: the future is woman

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the President of Liberia (in her second term in office), Africa’s first woman head of state,…

14 years ago

A globalised world? No, it’s divided into three tribes

How are we rebuilding the world, following the fall of ideologies and of old geopolitical boundaries?

14 years ago

Profit is good (and makes Africa work)

Much has been said about Mohammad Yunus, Bengali economist, banker and 2006 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. With his…

14 years ago

With new challenges come new goals

As you are probably aware, on April 24 I was appointed chairman of Benetton Group, the company bearing the family…

14 years ago

America: recovery is in the air. It’s a good sign for Europe

Browsing the financial weeklies, it is evident that while Europe is still struggling – the International Monetary Fund’s recent forecasts…

14 years ago

Women’s success: talking about it helps everyone do better

On 8th March the Economist Intelligence Unit published its Women’s Economic Opportunity Index. 128 countries were classified according to the…

15 years ago

A rating worth to talking about

There has been much talk about rating agencies over recent months. The debate became very heated in Europe in particular…

15 years ago

UN Women and the commitment that comes from it

Just a few days ago in my blog, I chose to share some reflections on the importance of a woman’s…

15 years ago

Christine Lagarde, a woman’s approach to leadership

“Lagarde’s presence certainly transforms the image of the fund. But there are deeper changes afoot at the IMF that set…

15 years ago