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Syed Babar Ali is a Pakistani businessman, philanthropist and former Finance Minister of Pakistan. He is chairman of Sanofi-Aventis Pakistan Limited, Siemens Pakistan Engineering Company Limited, Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited and Director of Unilever Pakistan Limited and Mitchell's Fruit Farms Limited. As an entrepreneur and industrialist, Syed Babar Ali envisioned and set up Packages Limited (Pakistan’s largest paper & board mill), Milkpak Limited–now Nestlé Pakistan Limited (the largest food processing company in Pakistan); Tetra Pak Pakistan Limited, IGI Insurance Company Limited, Tri-Pack Films Limited, and IGI Investment Bank

Piper Anne Wind Campbell is the U.S. ambassador to Mongolia. In this interview with Worldfolio, she talks about the fruitful relationship between the U.S. and Mongolia, educational ties, the country’s successful efforts to eradicate corruption and the fantastic work of the U.S. Peace Corps in the country

The West African state is back on the international stage, strengthening its foreign relations, economic sectors and public-private partnerships to expedite growth and development for its people

Ivoirian Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Daniel Kablan Duncan speaks about the path his country is on towards righting the wrongs of the recent past and setting the economy back on course

Côte d’Ivoire's economic recovery is no miracle, but a result of the government's determination to negotiate debt relief and to restore the confidence of its international partners

The national investment bank, BNI, helps to clean up the environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

The government aims to provide private firms, in particular SMEs, with the cash flow they need in order to further drive more widespread growth

The Côte d’Ivoire Customs Authority (DGD) has objectives and priorities very well defined, with a clear sense of the contribution it is expected to make to national development

To achieve its growth targets, the country needs to focus intently on producing sufficient energy and strengthening the nation’s energy infrastructure to provide reliable power supplies

The Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Électricité (Côte d’Ivoire Electricity Company) is investing in capacity, resources and quality to power rapid development