top of page
All Topics
China Is Using Vaccines To Push Its Agenda In Latin America, and the U.S. Is Behind the Curve
Dan De Luce, NBC News | Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash China is using Covid-19 vaccines to push its political and trade agenda...
Economic Policy for a Pandemic Age: How the World Must Prepare
Peterson Institute for International Economics| In this PIIE Briefing, PIIE scholars set out some key lessons of the current response to...
Here's how digital transformation and sustainability can flourish together
John Frey, World Economic Forum| Almost every organisation has accelerated its digital transformation initiatives in 2020. But how many...
China’s ‘No 1 document’: Beijing steps up focus on food security
Aljazeera| China will put greater pressure on its regions to boost grain yields and step up support for its domestic seed industry as it...
How investments in agricultural technology are accelerating UAE's food security targets
Arabian Business Global| Coronavirus highlighted the need to producing food locally. The UAE’s investments in agriculture technology...
Fiscal Policy and the Post-COVID-19 Recovery
Neil Shearing, Chatham House| This paper examines the fiscal challenges policymakers across the globe face in the context of COVID-19, in...
Russia postpones the issuing of e-visas to foreigners
Russia Beyond | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has postponed the issuing of electronic visas to foreigners, despite the system being...
Russian Campaign Promotes Homegrown Vaccine and Undercuts Rivals
The New York Times| Russian news outlets connected to election disinformation campaigns in the United States have set their sights on a...
A new initiative could make cities more biodiverse: Here's how
World Economic Forum | The need to transform the relationship between cities and nature has become ever more urgent. Over half of the...
China’s Ambitious COVID-19 Vaccine Targets
Eleanor Albert, The Diplomat | 2021 is a year for vaccines and the hope of a return to normalcy. China, which was first hit by the...
Are Smart Cities Still A Smart Bet Amid ‘Urban Flight’ And The Pandemic?
PYMNTS | The pandemic has pressured corporate top lines — and as a result, leaves less money to go around to fund innovation, especially...
China’s Humanitarian Aid: Cooperation amidst Competition
Jacob Kurtzer, Center for Strategic and International Studies | In response to the spread of Covid-19, China has deployed medical teams...
COVID-19: Slow road to jobs recovery for Latin America and the Caribbean
Economic Development, UN NEWS | The labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean faces a slow recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic,...
International Tourism Down 70% as Travel Restrictions Impact All Regions
UNWTO | Restrictions on travel introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to hit global tourism hard, with the latest data...
bottom of page