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Kazakhstan’s commodities-dependent economy has been suffering since 2014 when oil and mineral prices crashed. In just three years, gross domestic product dropped by 42%, from $235.6 billion in 2014 to $137.3 billion in 2016. A modest…

The recovery of the world economy in 2021 has been more sustained than previously expected thanks primarily to the positive outcome of the current vaccination campaigns in many large, advanced countries. This has made it possible to…

Nemmeno il Covid-19 è riuscito a fermare l'avanzata cinese in Africa. Nonostante i lockdown, le difficoltà logistiche e l'aumento dei costi di spedizione, il 2020 si è rivelato un anno fruttuoso per le relazioni commerciali tra la Cina e il…

La pandemia da Covid-19 ha avuto effetti deleteri per l’economia globale, impattando in particolar modo il mercato del petrolio. I vari lockdown, il blocco parziale dei commerci e degli spostamenti e, in alcune fasi, l’interruzione della…

Vulnerabilities in crucial supply chains in the US, Europe and East Asia came into sharp relief during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that many of the gaps in medical supplies could only be filled—in the acute phase of the crisis—by China…