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Russia-Europe: Nothing New on the Western Economic Front?

... between China and Europe lay the foundations for a long-term cooperation within China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Cooperation in using transport routes via the Arctic Ocean shows promise as well. As the number of European economic entities in Russia’s economy shrinks [ 2 ], during the 2020 pandemic in particular, EU companies have continued to invest directly in Russia. The number of Russian investors in EU states is also gradually rising. Unfortunately, there is no reliable data broken down by their ...

22.03.2021

ESG as the New Loadstar for the Global Economy

The ills of the world economy and the frequency of crises may in part emanate from a loss of the sense of direction The ills of the world economy and the frequency of crises may in part emanate from a loss of the sense of direction. With economic policy rules increasingly ...

19.03.2021

Digital Economy Agreements: The New Phase in Economic Alliances

The propagation of digital economic accords may deliver a crucial contribution to bolstering the dynamism of the global economy in the face of a massive economic downturn During the crisis year of 2020 a new trend has set in the formation of international economic alliances that was to a significant degree expedited by the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic....

10.02.2021

Barriers to de-Dollarization Within BRICS

... de-risk Intra-BRICS trade and overcome the identified barriers are outlined. Background to Challenge Andrey Kortunov: Russia Moves East, India West, Straining Ties The 2017 BRICS New Development Bank’s strategy report The Role Of BRICS In The World Economy & International Development detailed a long-term vision of the direction BRICS countries’ economic cooperation was headed in. The strategy report made the case that reforms in the existing western institutions would not be in BRICS countries' ...

01.02.2021

How Egypt Has Changed 10 Years Since the Arab Spring

... explosion of a Russian plane in the skies over the Sinai Peninsula in October 2015 forced Russia, the UK and some other countries to limit air traffic with Egypt. The coronavirus pandemic also negatively affected the development of the tourism sector of the economy. Over the past ten years, the population of Egypt has increased from 82 to 100 million. However, the economic potential of the state is not growing at the same rapid pace, and the possibilities for the development of agriculture remain limited....

25.01.2021

Leaving the Year of the Pandemic Behind: A Look Ahead to 2021

The current economic and political landscape appears to offer a wide range of possible adversities of varying degree of probability As the world economy comes to its senses after a gruesome year of the Covid pandemic, global markets are eagerly exploring the prospects for the new year in search of drivers of a strong global recovery. Indeed, while it may be still too early to call an end to the ...

09.01.2021

Russia-2020: Summing Up the Track-Record

... concomitant growth in oil prices The year of the pandemic proved to be an unprecedented test for the global economic system, with the decline in global GDP significantly exceeding the declines witnessed during the 2008 financial crisis. Russia’s economy during the past crisis episodes typically exhibited greater declines in economic activity on the back of the added effects of capital outflows as well as lower oil prices. During this crisis year however, Russia’s GDP decline was broadly in ...

26.12.2020

Crisis-Resistant Economic Models: Uruguay’s Example

... this respect. Despite the high disease level in Latin America, Uruguay has demonstrated strong sustainability in healthcare and in the economic system as a whole in the face of an unprecedented crisis. It has performed well largely due to a sustainable economy and its orientation towards the development of human capital. It is possible to reduce poverty and inequality, develop human resources and speed up economic growth even in unfavourable regional and global conditions. This can be seen in Uruguay ...

24.12.2020

Russia’s Economic Outlook: Risks Prevail Over Drivers

... forceful drivers that would be supportive for the markets, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik. On the global scene, the support for the markets has been undermined by waning anti-crisis stimuli from the main centres of the world economy. In the case of the US the current political scene is making it increasingly difficult for the Democrats and Republicans to agree on a new stimulus package. In the case of China, the rate of recovery throughout the past months as well as the successful ...

21.12.2020
 

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