MENA: Trade and Regional Integration are Critical to Economic Recovery in the Post-Covid Era
Trade and integration — within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and with the rest of the world — will be critical...
Half of Working Adults Fear for Their Jobs
In a new World Economic Forum-Ipsos survey of more than 12,000 working adults in 27 countries, more than half (54%) say they are concerned...
2020 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study Highlights Imperatives for State Governments
Deloitte and The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released their 2020 Cybersecurity Study, “States at Risk: The Cybersecurity Imperative in Uncertain...
Critical gaps in social protection hampering Asia-Pacific region’s resilience to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for well-functioning social protection systems in the region as never before. A new UN report released today...
Don’t ignore economic lessons of the Great Recession
“The world today finds itself in the worst financial and economic crisis in generations. The crisis has triggered an unprecedented policy response: interest rates...
How the response to the Covid crisis can reshape the future of energy
It has been a tumultuous year for the global energy system. The Covid-19 crisis has caused more disruption than any other event in recent...
World Bank Confirms Economic Downturn in Sub-Saharan Africa
Driven by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 global pandemic, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to fall to -3.3 percent in 2020, pushing the region into...
India Needs to Sustain Reforms to Stem Economic Slowdown
Faced with an unprecedented downturn, India needs to continue with critical reforms to reverse the sudden and steep impacts of COVID-19 on its economy,...
South Asia: Worst Economic Plunge, Informal Workers Hit Hardest
South Asia is set to plunge into its worst-ever recession as the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on the region’s economies linger on, taking a...
The Future of Work in Oil, Gas and Chemicals
The U.S. oil, natural gas and chemicals (OG&C) industry slashed 107,000 jobs from March to August 2020, the fastest rate of layoffs in the...