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Belt, Road Summit concludes with nine deals, $1bln deals

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
September 15, 2025
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Organizers highlighted that Hong Kongآ’s external trade with Belt and Road countries reached $276bln in 2024. The 10th Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong concluded on Thursday with the signing of nine memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and the conclusion of 36 business-to-business (B2B) deals worth close to USD one billion. The two-day summit, co-organized […]

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Adult skills and productivity: New evidence from PIAAC 2023

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
July 16, 2025
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Adult skills play a crucial role in shaping productivity. This column uses data from the 2023 OECD Survey of Adult Skills to analyse the relationship between productivity and the level and allocation of skills across industries. Differences in skill levels account for one-quarter of productivity gaps between the OECD average and the top three performers. […]