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Improving access to quality data in fragility and conflict contexts: The case of Central Sahel countries

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
May 29, 2025
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Generally speaking, political instability, armed conflicts, and low population density create significant challenges to collecting, accessing, and disseminating quality data. This is especially true in central Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger), which are relatively vast with low population densities, ranging from 65 inhabitants per km² in Burkina Faso to 14 inhabitants per km² in […]

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Big techs’ AI empire

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
May 19, 2025
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Advances in AI are transforming the economy. Behind this wave of visible innovation lies a less visible but significant trend: the role of large technology firms – commonly referred to as ‘big techs’ – across the AI supply chain. This column analyses the AI supply chain and the market structure of every input layer, highlighting […]

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Extreme weather and nature loss: can the private sector be part of the infrastructure solution?

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
May 13, 2025
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In 2018, after 3 years of droughts, the city of Cape Town in South Africa faced severe water shortages. Dam reservoir capacity had dropped to critical levels and the city was fast approaching “Day Zero” of no water availability. Desalination, new dams, strict water usage limits – all solutions were on the table. Solving the […]

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Defence and climate: seven points for a common agenda

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
April 28, 2025
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Faced with major security challenges, Europe is preparing to boost its defence capacity. To defend itself against Russia without the United States, Europe needs to rapidly increase spending from the current level of about 2 percent of GDP to an estimated 3.5 percent of GDP – an increase of about €250 billion annually (Burilkov and […]

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Trade policy for developing economies

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
April 18, 2025
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Developing economies face a far more challenging international trade environment than they did at the start of the 21st century. Yet trade remains an essential component in reaching development objectives. This column offers possible policy options for developing economies to leverage untapped opportunities for cross-border cooperation and improve domestic conditions that will make trade more […]