Impact investment - which aims to generate a beneficial social or environmental output, as well as financial returns - is on the rise throughout South-East Asia.

Although Egypt is certainly, and for many years has been, one of the most liberal Arab countries, there remains a huge disparity when it comes to asset ownership, including residential property, between men and women.

If Dubai is held up as the most audacious architectural program in the world, nearby Doha, is a close contender. Embargoed by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt since 2017, the capital of Qatar, has a skyline as striking as it is improbable.

The Czech people, especially since the Velvet Revolution of 1990 saw the liberation of the country from Communism, have long seen themselves as a philosophical nation.

Colombia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery. For the ill informed (or ill intentioned) it carries a legacy of war, and an unbreakable association with narcotics.