development

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries will not be transitory. While global economic output has returned to and surpassed pre-pandemic levels, in nearly one fifth of developing countries GDP per capita by…

Covid-19 has very been expensive in terms of budgets as well as lives. Rich countries have rightly ramped up their budgetary spending – and budget deficits – to keep their populations afloat and to spur a post-pandemic recovery. They have…

Crediamo di vivere nel migliore dei mondi possibili. Negli ultimi settant’anni, il benessere è aumentato come mai prima nella storia dell’umanità: il PIL mondiale è aumentato di 15 volte, il PIL pro-capite di 5 volte (nonostante la…

Oil and gas have played a key role in international geopolitics since 1912. The same year, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty of the Royal Navy, decided to convert the fleet from coal to oil to keep pace with the faster German…

A 2017 McKinsey survey found support for several Africa scenarios over the next twenty years. Of the 253 African executives who responded it found: 85% believed Africa would be the fastest growing region in the world; 62% believed most…