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Global employment trends diverge
Labour market trends continue to diverge both across and within regions, broadly in line with...
International'Green GDP' gauge slowly gaining ground
Assessing development by measuring GDP growth leaves out of account changes in the natural...
InternationalDemocracy faces headwinds globally
A 30 year-long shift from authoritarian forms of rule of various types towards more competitive...
InternationalCorporate bond markets face long term weakness
Since the 2008-09 financial crisis, both yield spread and absolute yield levels on higher quality...
InternationalNigerian pirates pose increased threat to shipping
Seaborne crime is costing world governments and the shipping industry billions of dollars. ...
Indian Ocean'New' middle class fuels global growth and volatility
The global middle class is the prime market for consumer goods from cars and smart phones to...
InternationalNanotechnology bound to provoke EU-US trade conflict
Nanotechnologies are set to transform many industrial sectors. Uncertainty over the environmental...
InternationalGlobal firms face growing anti-corruption pressure
Pharmaceutical group Pfizer on August 7 agreed to pay approximately 60 million dollars to settle...
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