Santiago Croci Downes is Acting Manager, Doing Business Unit, World Bank. He joined the Doing Business team in March 2008. Prior to that, he used to lead the Getting Credit - Legal Rights indicator.

The return of Trump to the United States presidency raises legitimate concerns for both the European Union and the Balkans. These concerns primarily revolve around national dynamics, economic ...

Economic strategies are being questioned in several countries, both in Emerging Europe and elsewhere. Politicians have proposed more nationalist economic approaches, and ...

Stepan Chernovetskyi is the founder and CEO of Chernovetskyi Investment Group, a venture capital firm specialising in funding promising technology businesses based in the CIS region. He began his ...

Dr Florian Hartleb is a German political scientist currently working in Tallinn, Estonia as a political consultant dealing with digital society.

Yevgenya Jenny Paturyan is an Assistant Professor of the Political Science at the American University of Armenia and an Assistant Director at the Turpanjian Center for Policy Analysis.

Technology is at a crossroads. It can either be a tool for oppression or a weapon for freedom. The choice lies not with ...

Przemysław (Prem) Polaczek is Managing Partner and Director at the International Business Centre, Grant Thornton Poland, where he has worked for two decades. He started his career in assurance, where ...

Thibault Muzergues is Europe Programme Director at the International Republican Institute and author of The Great Class Shift (Routledge, 2019).

Leon Podkaminer is Senior Economist (Emeritus) at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw). He is focused on economic policy, exchange rates, integration & disintegration, the ...

Boomerang Partners was named a finalist in three highly competitive categories at the upcoming International Gaming Awards 2025. These nominations recognise the company as a standout in sports betting ...