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Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis
COVID-19 accelerated the rise of digital payments, increasing financial inclusion but also raising risks. Here are seven ideas for how to combat them.
COVID-19 emerged a year ago, but ships' crews are still blocked from landing in most ports. Two ships captains tell their stories to the World Vs Virus podcast.
The pandemic has disrupted supply chains and global commerce, driving innovation in the TradeTech field.
The African Continental Free Trade Area will allow nations to trade in a continent-wide free trade area. Trade under the AfCFTA was pushed back due to COVID-19.
Many countries began preventing the export of chemicals during the pandemic – but future success rests on a flexible and equitable trade of supplies.
Governments must take several key steps to ensure timely, safe vaccine distribution, including avoiding bottlenecks at borders and ensuring cooperation.
Continued globalization, with a focus on equitable distribution and sustainable free trade, are important enablers on the road to collective recovery.
China is seeing an acceleration of ESG awareness and reporting - but companies have a few challenges to overcome in order to truly release this potential.
From developing vaccines to ecommerce, could 2020 be the year the world grasps how much our well-being depends on global connection and collaboration?
Interest in FDI is still strong - and investment promotion agencies around the world are demonstrating their criticality as we begin to recover from COVID-19.
Hong Kong, Zurich and Paris have topped a new list of the most expensive cities. A weaker dollar has sparked a relative fall in costs in the Americas.
Overfishing is a social injustice. To end it, we need to eliminate the harmful fisheries subsidies that are overexploiting the ocean's resources.
The WTO is currently negotiating an international framework to make it easier to invest in development. Here are five provisions they should consider.
With the aim of cutting EU greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050, the union is planning to apply fees to goods imported for the steel, cement and electricity industries.
How has the pandemic affected countries' exports, and which sectors have been most affected? This new data visualisation tool can show us the answers.