China’s 2024 current account surplus was around $430 billion, below the $500 billion dollar surplus registered by the EU. As ...

Global fertility rates have been falling for decades and are reaching historically low levels. While the human population now exceeds 8 billion and may top 10 billion by 2050, the momentum of growth ...

Working from home (WFH) increased about tenfold following the outbreak of the pandemic and has settled in at about five times its prepandemic level (see Chart 1). This could counter slowing ...

The dollar has just posted its worst first-half of a year since 1973. And now investors wonder — is it a sign that America is ...

The World Bank's annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Report has been a guide for countries, policymakers, and investors, identifying key trends and best practices that support ...

The Global South has gone from a nebulous new buzzword to a true factor in determining the world’s relationships. Though far ...

"We're here in Sevilla to change course," the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing ...

The latest BRICS summit embodied the ongoing shift in the world order from one of Western domination in rules and narratives to one counterweighted by Global South nations wielding agency.

India’s states play an outsized role in public spending accounting for nearly +/- 60% of total government expenditure.