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By Andrew Sheng, Xiao Geng As the COVID-19 pandemic entered its third year, the United States was enjoying a protracted stock-market boom, and China’s global trade...

By H.E. LU Kun, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana   For China, 2021 was a year filled with accomplishments. The Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrated its...

Would a full day rest on Sunday be considered the Future New Odd Normal or a Boost to work-life balance and climate change Mitigation Strategy. Be...

By Anne O. Krueger Although the pandemic has caused upheavals and hardship around the world, it has fallen particularly hard on low- and middle-income countries. Vaccine...

By Louisa Afriyie Afrane Okese   The gratitude mindset If there are any values or morals that contribute to our perception of people, it is gratitude...

Barry Eichengreen The wildfire spread of the Omicron variant adds a new element of uncertainty to the global economy. But when it comes to emerging markets,...

José Manuel Barroso COVAX and the other international organizations committed to vaccine equity cannot end the COVID-19 pandemic without the continued support of governments, industry, and...

By Michael Spence In 1979, W. Arthur Lewis received the Nobel Prize in economics for his analysis of growth dynamics in developing countries. Deservedly so: His conceptual framework...

By Jayati Ghosh The question of how best to control inflation is back on the economic policy agenda, and opinion is divided about how to address...

I remember it like yesterday when 2020 came to an end. It had been one of the most unprecedented years in history, especially due to the...