How’s Life? reveals improvements in well-being but persistent inequalities
Life has generally improved for many people in OECD countries over the past
10 years but inequalities persist and insecurity, despair and disconnection
affect significant parts...
Trade tensions and coronavirus: Global services export market faces uncertainty
Despite steady growth over the last decade, the future prospects for global
services trade are likely to be dampened by the coronavirus (COVID-19)
epidemic, its likely...
Global oil demand to decline in 2020 as coronavirus weighs heavily on markets
Global oil demand is expected to decline in 2020 as the impact of the new
coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads around the world, constricting travel and
broader economic...
Oil Wars: Russia and Saudi Arabia in the forefront
Recent developments in Italy and the stock
market have things in common. Both came as an alarming surprise; while Italian
authorities took stringent measures to lock...
Increasing the female employment rate to match that of Sweden could boost GDP by US$6 trillion
If the female employment rate across the OECD matched
that of Sweden, OECD GDP could be boosted by over US$6 trillion, according to
PwC’s latest Women...
The viral economy of Covid-19 and the Italian and European economy
The economic data linked to the mass infection by Covid-19 is already
very alarming.
The Italian public health system,
along with many other primary sectors of...
Report reveals nearly 90 per cent of all people have ‘a deeply ingrained bias’ against women
Despite decades of progress in closing the gender
equality gap, close to nine out of 10 men and women around the world, hold some
sort of...
Thailand’s Poverty on the Rise Amid Slowing Economic Growth
Thailand has successfully reduced poverty over
the past three decades from over 65 percent in 1988 to under 10 percent in
2018. However, the growth of...
Key Strategies Identified to Sustainably Improve Argentina’s Tourism Sector
Newly published findings from the World Economic Forum identify key
action areas Argentina can pursue to enhance its tourism economy. While
Argentina is a top South...
Global economic crime rates remain high as customer fraud continues to rise
Fraud and economic crime rates remain at record
highs, impacting companies in more ways than ever. PwC’s bi-annual survey of
business crime reports that fraud committed...