Many friends and colleagues are asking me to comment on the World Bank President’s election of Jim Young Kim. Only fair since I spoke about it before the games were over and gave my opinion. A bit unfair since, while … Continue reading →
The presentation I liked the most among the many at the recent fantastic Berlin’s INET was “The Future of Europe – North and South” by Prof. Wendy Carlin of UCL (see here her video). She divides Eurozone countries into North … Continue reading →
Joseph Martin “Joschka” Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance ’90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fischer has been a leading figure in … Continue reading →
Sorry to my foreign readers for being so lazy about writing in English. These are hectic times in Italy and I have unlawfully neglected you. Just thought I would let you know that whoever says that the difference between this side … Continue reading →
So, now we have it. China has made the big leap forward. My friend and colleague Fuguo Cao, Professor of Law in Bejing, with whom I am writing these days an article on SME’s Public Procurement Policies in China has … Continue reading →
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (Minehead, 16 dicembre 1917 – Colombo, 19 marzo 2008) è stato un autore di fantascienza e inventore britannico. Clarke è ai più noto per il suo romanzo 2001: Odissea nello spazio. Ma in questo video del … Continue reading →
Either we heal as a team or we are going to crumble. We are in hell right now, gentlemen. We can climb out of hell, one inch at a time. On this team we fight for that inch. The margin … Continue reading →
“Syntgama” is a Greek word for “constitution”. Syntagma Square, lies in front of the Greek Parliament. A 77-year-old Greek man has committed suicide in central Athens in Syntagma Square, shooting himself with a handgun in apparent financial desperation. The man … Continue reading →
The slides that I cherished the most in Mexico City’s wonderful conference on Transparency and Integrity in public procurement were presented by Dr. Javier Dávila Pérez, Head of the Unit of Public Procurement Policies in the Subsecretaría de Responsabilidades Administrativas y Contrataciones … Continue reading →
Oscillava tra il 4 e 6% nelle intenzioni di voto a dicembre, ma oggi è calata al 2 o 3%, la candidata verde alle elezioni presidenziali francesi del prossimo 22 aprile, Eva Joly. Magistrato francese che ha passato i suoi primi … Continue reading →