Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity. As a result of the pandemic, the global ...

Syed Hizam Alsagoff has network and experience in investment and corporate strategies within Asia and globally. He has over 20 years of experience in leadership roles across countries including ...

Who is an ‘asylum-seeker’? An asylum-seeker is someone who is seeking international protection. Their request for refugee status, or complementary protection status, has yet to be processed, or they ...