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Global trade explorer
To navigate a more complex and challenging era requires deeper understanding of the full picture of the evolution of global trade flows and the interdependencies and networks created by them.
The power of one: How standout firms grow national productivity
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National productivity growth is a matter of few firms taking bold strategic action rather than millions of firms raising efficiency.
In a moment of tariffs, can the world find balance and trust to thrive?
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Amid tariff uncertainty and a possible recession, the world needs a new base of balance and trust to create a thriving economy. Business has a vital role to play.
The enterprising archipelago: Propelling Indonesia’s productivity
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To become a high-income country by 2045, Indonesia needs to create the right conditions for productivity growth and enable larger companies to thrive through capital deepening.
Ten physical realities the energy transition must tackle
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The energy transition would be a physical transformation on a massive scale. Here are ten realities that must be confronted for it to succeed.
Tough trade-offs: How time and career choices shape the gender pay gap
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Nearly 80 percent of the US gender pay gap is driven by women having flatter work experience arcs compared with men, based on an analysis of 86,000 real-life online career histories.
Geopolitics and the geometry of global trade: 2025 update
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Trade reconfiguration continues along geopolitical lines, this update with 2024 data shows.
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How companies can tailor social initiatives to empower more people
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About 4.7 billion people are below the “economic empowerment line” – meaning they can’t afford the daily basics essential for a decent quality of life. The problem is concentrated in lower- and middle-income economies, but about 270 million live in high-income economies, surrounded by prosperity. While governments are key to reducing poverty and raising living standards, the private sector can tailor initiatives to economically empower more people, write Kweilin Ellingrud and Kevin Russell in World Economic Forum.
Emerging economies must get rich before they get old
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With their working-age populations shrinking, many emerging economies are set to experience the same demographic problems plaguing developed countries. They must act now to prepare for the moment when their demographic dividend fades and the burden of supporting an older population becomes unavoidable, write Anu Madgavkar and Marc Canal Noguer in Project Syndicate.