Transforming the Global Economy: A Key Role for the IFIs
The increasing importance of regional factors in the global economy raises the need for international coordination, including via IFIs, most notably the regional development...
Integration along the North–South Axis: Opportunities for Coupling
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.-Isaac Newton
Global economy is currently going through a period of rising integration, with the new platforms...
The Year of ASEAN Centrality
The year 2022 is a special one for ASEAN as a number of its prominent members have taken over the chairmanship in some of...
The ‘Multiplier Effect’ of BRICS+
The main hallmark of China’s chairmanship in the BRICS grouping in 2022 has been the unveiling of plans to institutionalize the BRICS+ format and...
The Dilemmas of the Global South
As new trade barriers and restrictions are emanating from the advanced economies there is a stronger case for the affected emerging economies to compensate...
Enter the Platform World: What Are the Prospects for the Global South?
The world economy is entering a stage in which platforms are becoming key aggregation vehicles at the level of corporates, countries and regions. The...
The Success of Small Countries or What’s Wrong With Being XXL in the World Economy?
“Small is beautiful” in the corporate world and the efficiency and innovation of small and medium-sized companies is duly reflected in the large share...
Can BRICS Underpin a New World Order?
Amid an unprecedented spike in global geopolitical risks, the world is becoming increasingly aware of the fact that the architecture that underpins the old...
Regional Visions of Globalisation
As the world economy undergoes major transformations in recent years on the back of the pandemic and increasing geopolitical divisions, the visions of economic...
The Year 2021: A Series of Macro Records
The year 2021 will feature in the economic textbooks as one of the most peculiar in terms of the macroeconomic backdrop observed across the...