For the past couple of years, Vietnam has been able to successfully navigate through various global economic uncertainties. It also faced internal challenges due to the effects of a pandemic and the impact of a global economic slowdown. In ...
For the first time, India has taken on the presidency of the G20. This historic event has emphasized the country's rising status as a worldwide leader. India has been able to take the lead in tackling numerous challenging global concerns.It...
In January 2023, the French government announced its intention to increase the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, as part of reforms to the country's pension system. President Emmanuel Macron is determined to push the changes through a div...
Global growth is expected to slow down due to the rise of inflation, disruptions caused by the Russia invasion of Ukraine, and reduced investment (World bank report). Unfavorable economic conditions are expected to cause the global economy ...
Zero-COVID refers to public health policy adopted and implemented by multiple countries to counter the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This strategy involves the use of several public health measures like mass level testing, quarantine, l...
Even at times of high global uncertainty, Bangladesh has a good track record of growth and development. Over the last two decades, rapid economic growth has been supported by a robust demographic dividend, strong ready-made garment (RMG) ex...
The 15th and 16th of September 2022 marked the 22nd annual summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The first physical meeting since the pandemic, this meeting brought ...
The war in Ukraine has raised concerns about the outlook for global financial conditions. The tightening has been most apparent in the Middle East and eastern Europe, where countries with close ties to Russia have seen their equity valuatio...
At the 2021 year-end Plenary Meeting, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his desire to improve people's lives by focusing over nukes. The speech came against the backdrop of severe economic crises and food shortages faced by Nort...
Due to the implementation of comprehensive economic reforms, Vietnam has been able to transform from being one of the world's most impoverished nations to a middle-income economy. From 2002 to 2020, the country's GDP per capita increased by...
COVAX is an international alliance for manufacturing, researching and distribution of covid-19 vaccines to those parts of the world which are unable to procure or manufacture them due to poor economies. The COVAX programme is a vaccine init...
Philippines has been scoring sound on the economic post the pandemic. It was getting on track to become an upper middle income country, and is witnessing rapid urbanization, and broadening of the middle class group. This was coupled with a ...
