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An economist explains why new official figures have eased the gloom surrounding the UK economy, but haven’t fully dispelled all fears.
Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China has become the world’s largest country-to-country lender. A new study shows that more than half of its loans threaten sensitive lands or Indigenous people.
The world’s most advanced economies will incur half the total costs associated with a failure to vaccinate poorer nations, which could exceed $4 trillion if only half their citizens are inoculated.
As the human costs of the Covid-19 virus epidemic continue to rise, the virus is also taking its toll on global economy, with disrupted supply chains across a wide variety of industries.
No longer do the world economic figures contradict the former US Treasury Secretary’s theory.
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Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
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Doctoral Researcher in Economic History, Lund University
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Associate professor, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Professor of Global Development Policy and Director, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University
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Senior Academic Researcher in Global Development Policy, Boston University
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Instructor, Harvard Extension School, Harvard University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Sessional Lecturer, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University
