• Jun 30, 2022
  • 13 min read

Prospects for the global economy to end-2022

Higher inflation and rates will raise the cost of living, deter consumption and investment and dampen global GDP growth

International
  • Jun 30, 2022
  • 2 min read

Russian claims of innocence in Ukraine are implausible

Russia says it has withdrawn from a strategic island to show it is not preventing Ukrainian grain exports

Russia
  • Jun 30, 2022
  • 2 min read

Agricultural woes will worsen outlook in Argentina

The agricultural sector has announced a 24-hour stoppage in protest at prices and shortages of diesel and fertilisers

Argentina
  • Jun 29, 2022
  • 2 min read

Ethiopia still faces a severe humanitarian crisis

Despite improvements in access, the humanitarian outlook still looks extremely challenging

Ethiopia
  • Jun 28, 2022
  • 2 min read

UN cutbacks will worsen Yemen’s humanitarian crisis

The UN World Food Programme yesterday announced it is to cut back rations to the 13 million people it feeds monthly

Yemen
  • Jun 22, 2022
  • 6 min read

North Africa's wheat crisis may be worse in winter

North African countries consume the largest quantities of wheat in the world, but import much of it

Algeria
  • Jun 20, 2022
  • 7 min read

Ukraine will worsen existing Latin American weaknesses

Regional growth and poverty forecasts have worsened since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February

Latin America
  • Jun 15, 2022
  • 7 min read

Prospects for East and Central Africa to end-2022

Multiple political crises and a potentially severe humanitarian crisis threaten the region in late 2022

East Africa