Country Report
Qatar Debt Capital Markets Gain Traction
Expanding issuance draws global investors with a variety of bond structures, sukuk, sustainable finance, and favorable regulation. Qatar is looking...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
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Technology
Will AI Reboot Supply Chains?
Advanced technologies are being deployed to tackle mounting global disruptions in the urgent battle for resilience. Catastrophic weather events,...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Mexico: New President Pledges To ‘Fix’ Pemex
Mexico’s new President Claudia Sheinbaum announced measures last month to steady the finances of the state-owned oil company Pemex, which...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
To Avoid Tariffs, Chinese Companies Invest Locally
To avoid trade barriers, Chinese companies are investing in Europe. Spain is ready to play the connector country between the...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Unprecedented Political Risk: Q&A With Verisk Maplecroft’s Jimena Blanco
Jimena Blanco, chief analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, spoke with Global Finance about escalating political risks just days after Republicans swept...
News
China’s $1.3 Billion Peru Gamble Redraws Global Trade
A new $1.3 billion deep-water megaport in Peru will likely become the latest battleground in a rumbling trade dispute between...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Europe’s Bold Answer To Starlink And Kuiper
IRIS2, the European satellite communications program, is finally taking off. The response to Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Global Migration Hits New Highs, Sparks Growth And Debate
Legal migration to the world’s wealthiest nations reached unprecedented levels in 2023. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Botswana Turns A Political Page
Botswana, the world’s second largest diamond producer, ended 58 years of single-party dominance by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) last...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Ramgoolam’s Comeback Signals New Era For Mauritius
Historically, Mauritius voters have a reputation for speaking in absolute terms. They lived up to it last month, when they...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Uzbekistan Minister Laziz Kudratov On Country’s Sweeping Economic Makeover
Central Asia’s fastest growing and most diversified economy is being radically changed by reforms, rising FDI and high growth. Global...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
How ‘Flat’ Is The World? DHL Global Tracker Offers Answers
A new interactive tracker provides more timely, and surprising, answers about trade ‘connectedness’ around the world. Is globalization reversing? Will...