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...
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...
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...
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...
International Women’s Day: Progress on gender equality remains slow
Women's Rights in Review, 25 years
after Beijing takes stock of how
the landmark gender equality plan, the Beijing Platform for Action, is being implemented and...
World Could Achieve ‘Gender Dividend’ of $172 Trillion from Closing Lifetime Earnings Gaps
A new report from the World Bank Group released
ahead of International Women’s Day shows that the world could achieve a ‘gender
dividend’ of $172 trillion...
Global economy faces gravest threat since the crisis as coronavirus spreads
The coronavirus Covid-19 presents the global economy with its greatest danger since the financial crisis, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook.
Covid-19 is...
UN study projects $32 billion loss for UK post no-deal Brexit
The United Kingdom (UK) risks losing up to 14 per cent of its exports to
the European Union (EU) in a so-called “no-deal” Brexit, according...
New systemic approach needed to tackle global challenges
The impacts of the coronavirus on people’s health and daily life, stock
markets, and businesses illustrate the increasingly interconnected nature of
the challenges facing governments around...