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The oil price plunge since last June has been deemed, overall, as a boon for the global economy. However, that…
Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth will slow in 2015 to 4.0 percent from 4.5 percent in 2014, according to World Bank projections…
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By Håvard Halland, Alan Gelb, and Silvana Tordo Following the recent discoveries of large oil and gas deposits in East…
More than 1.5 billion people – about one in five of the global population – live in what the World…
Envision the world economy as a complex, interconnected array of financial engines whose propulsion helps reinforce one another’s momentum. One…
Davos – Over 2,600 of the world’s most notable people have ascended to Europe’s highest mountain town for a series…