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Middle East tourism depends on socio-political factors

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MIDDLE EAST

Tourism, a key driver of Middle Eastern economies, is recovering slowly from the COVID-19-induced lows of April 2020

Climate change GDP risk is high regardless of income

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INT

A new study overrules past suggestions that poorer, tropical nations will lose more GDP to the impacts of climate change

COVID-19 crisis complicates nations’ climate financing

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Leaders will consider how to fund and reduce the costs of climate change with COVID-19 crisis costs still looming large

Global house prices have firm but fragile momentum

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INT

Advanced markets’ average real house prices are almost back to the pre-2008/09 crisis peak; emerging markets’ are ahead

Insecurity will hamper Ramaphosa’s state overhaul

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SOUTH AFRICA

Recent data show a spike in ‘contact’ crimes, while anger over gender-based violence is growing

East Asia’s COVID-19 success will be hard to replicate

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EAST ASIA

Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have all been relatively successful in dealing with COVID-19

UK-EU January trade drop is a sign of things to come

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UNITED KINGDOM-EU

The disruption to UK-EU trade in January will further undermine business confidence and increase uncertainty