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Warning Signs in China’s Economic Outlook as COVID-19 Spreads
New variables both within and outside of China in 2022 have placed the country's economy under new pressure. In the first quarter, its economic...
Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’
COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have been steadily increasing over the past four weeks, the...
Health Silk Route: China and the Middle East
While China’s economic interests in the Middle East are well-known, China’s intrinsic involvement in the Middle East for increased political and cultural influence is...
Putting systems thinking at the heart of a global green and just transition
In 1972, the seminal report to The Club of Rome – The Limits to Growth - was the first study to explore the possible impacts of the growing...
Africa: COVID has ‘pushed back’ democracy, Ukraine war further raises risks
Already reeling from COVID-19, the fighting in Ukraine has introduced significant and worrying new risks likely to heavily impact Africa, UN development experts warned...
Nearly 15 million deaths directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19
Approximately 14.9 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...
Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor
While reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline, Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in the Americas and Africa, the head of the...
Impacts of Covid-19 on the world economy
The world has been fighting for three years to reduce the impact of Covid-19. The fight against pandemics, which has been a major turning...
Global Economy under the New Mutated Variants of Covid-19
The global outlook remains surrounded by a great deal of uncertainty, more than a year and a half (December 1, 2019, according to the...
Africa experiencing longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections
COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during the last eight, marking the longest-running decline in...